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FTC adopts 'click-to-cancel' rule, aiming to make it easier to cancel memberships

Headline from ABC 7 New York, from the development of Oct 16, 2024

Newest development Oct 17, 2024 · 2 reportsCanceling a subscription is about to get a lot easier, thanks to new FTC rule

Under the so-called "click-to-cancel" rule, if customers decide to enroll in a subscription in one step -- they should be able to cancel that way, too

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    FTC adopts 'click-to-cancel' rule, aiming to make it easier to cancel memberships

    Headline from ABC 7 New York ·

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    Canceling a subscription is about to get a lot easier, thanks to new FTC rule

    Headline from ZDNet ·

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39 articles, oldest first.

  1. Slate Magazine

    How the New Rule Against Call-to-Cancel Could Immediately Improve Your Life (opens Slate Magazine)

    Published

    Slate Magazine's feed description

    The FTC is finally doing something about hard-to-cancel subscriptions.

  2. Engadget

    FTC ratifies 'click-to-cancel' rule, making it easier for consumers to end subscriptions (opens Engadget)

    Published

    Engadget's feed description

    Following a proposal made last year, the Federal Trade Commission has made it easier for consumers to cancel subscriptions.

  3. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    FTC moves to take the ‘frustration' out of canceling subscriptions for consumers (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

    Published

    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Lina Khan, who leads the agency, said the rule is designed so that if consumers signed up online, they should be able to cancel in the same number of steps.

  4. Relevant Magazine

    The FTC Is Going to Make It Way Easier to Cancel Your Gym Membership and Subscriptions - RELEVANT (opens Relevant Magazine)

    Published

    Relevant Magazine's feed description

    If the mere thought of jumping through hoops just to cancel a membership or subscription service makes you exhausted, you’re not alone. But there's good

  5. Fox10 Phoenix

    New 'click-to-cancel' rule will make it easier to end unwanted subscriptions (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

    Published

    Fox10 Phoenix's feed description

    The days of jumping through hoops to cancel a subscription could be behind us in about six months.

  6. Quartz

    Canceling subscriptions is about to get easier (opens Quartz)

    Published

    Quartz's feed description

    The FTC's new "click-to-cancel" rule would make it "at least as easy" to cancel a subscription as it was to sign up

  7. Forbes

    Click-To-Cancel: FTC Makes Cancelling Subscriptions Easier (opens Forbes)

    Published

    Forbes's feed description

    Tired of jumping through hoops to cancel that streaming service you barely use? This new FTC rule will make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up for one.

  8. Salon

    Canceling subscriptions, memberships just got easier (opens Salon)

    Published

    Salon's feed description

    The FTC has finalized a rule to make it easier for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships.

  9. Gizmodo

    FTC Finalizes Rule That Makes It Easy to Cancel Unwanted Subscriptions (opens Gizmodo)

    Published

    Gizmodo's feed description

    Subscription providers will be required to inform customers what they're signing up for, obtain customer consent, and provide clear mechanisms to cancel.

  10. Newsweek

    Canceling subscriptions just changed: What to know (opens Newsweek)

    Published

    Newsweek's feed description

    The new "click-to-cancel" rule will require companies to make it as easy to end subscriptions as it is to sign up.

  11. Investopedia

    FTC's New Rule Will Require Companies to Make Subscriptions Easier To Cancel (opens Investopedia)

    Published

    Investopedia's feed description

    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is implementing its “click-to-cancel” rule, which will require sellers to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it was to sign up.

  12. Los Angeles Times

    FTC adopts 'click to cancel' rule to make it easier to end subscriptions, mirroring California law (opens Los Angeles Times)

    Published

    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    A divided FTC adopted a powerful rule that requires companies to make it just as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up for one.

  13. CBS News

    What to know about new FTC rule making it easier to cancel subscriptions and memberships (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    Retailers, gyms and other businesses are now required to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as to sign up.

  14. Niemanlab

    The FTC puts an end to “click to subscribe, call to cancel” (opens Niemanlab)

    Published

    Niemanlab's feed description

    The days of signing up for a subscription in one click online, then spending an hour on the phone to try to cancel it, will soon be over — and newspaper (and gym, bottled water, clothing rental, you name it) cancellation horror stories will, fingers crossed, be a thing of the past. On Wednesd…

  15. NPR

    Canceling subscriptions has to be as easy as signing up, the FTC says in a new rule (opens NPR)

    Published

    NPR's feed description

    The "click-to-cancel" rule, now finalized by the Federal Trade Commission, aims to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and memberships. Companies argue that the agency overstepped its authority.

  16. FOX Business

    Want to cancel a subscription? FTC finalizes rule to make it easier for consumers (opens FOX Business)

    Published

    FOX Business's feed description

    The FTC announced the final version of its click to cancel rule that aims to make it easier for consumers to cancel subscriptions that would otherwise auto-renew.

  17. Washington Times

    FTC makes it easier to cancel subscriptions (opens Washington Times)

    Published

    Washington Times's feed description

    The Federal Trade Commission issued new click-to-cancel rules Wednesday, hoping to crack down on businesses that make it tough to stop subscriptions.

  18. BGR

    The FTC is going to make it easier than ever to cancel subscriptions (opens BGR)

    Published

    BGR's feed description

    The FTC announced a final "click-to-cancel" rule this week that should make canceling streaming services and gym subscriptions easier.

  19. Insider

    The government steps in to make it easier to cancel your subscriptions (opens Insider)

    Published

    Insider's feed description

    The FTC finalized a rule to simplify subscription cancellations, targeting "negative option" programs like auto-renewing subscriptions.

  20. Forbes

    New ‘Click-To-Cancel’ Rule Will Make Ending Subscriptions Easier: What To Know (opens Forbes)

    Published

    Forbes's feed description

    The rule will go into effect in about six months and seeks to save consumers “time and money,” according to the Federal Trade Commission.

  21. ABC 7 New York

    FTC adopts 'click-to-cancel' rule, aiming to make it easier to cancel memberships (opens ABC 7 New York)

    Published

    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    Under the so-called "click-to-cancel" rule, if customers decide to enroll in a subscription in one step -- they should be able to cancel that way, too

  22. Omaha World-Herald

    Unwanted subscriptions and memberships will be easier to cancel under new FTC rule (opens Omaha World-Herald)

    Published

    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    The FTC has adopted a "click to cancel" rule that will require businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships.

  23. CNET

    The End of Subscription Creep: New FTC Rule Simplifies Canceling Subscriptions (opens CNET)

    Published

    CNET's feed description

    Canceling services you no longer want or need could help you save money.

  24. Portland Press Herald

    New ‘click-to-cancel’ rule will end subscription, membership traps (opens Portland Press Herald)

    Published

    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The Federal Trade Commission said businesses must disclose when free trials or other promotional offers will end and let customers end recurring subscriptions as easily as they started them.

  25. Alaska Public Media

    Canceling subscriptions has to be as easy as signing up, FTC says in a new rule (opens Alaska Public Media)

    Published

    Alaska Public Media's feed description

    The "click-to-cancel" rule aims to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and memberships. Companies argue the FTC overstepped its authority.

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