Ftc “click To Cancel” Rule Seeks To End Free Trial Traps, Sneaky Auto-enrollments

Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica
Wed, 10/16/2024 - 11:38am

It will soon be easy to "click to cancel" subscriptions after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a final rule on Wednesday that makes it challenging for businesses to opt out of easy cancellation methods. “Too often, businesses make people jump through endless hoops just to cancel a subscription,” FTC chair Lina Khan said in a press release.

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