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MORE: FTC ban on worker noncompete agreements blocked by federal judge. Under the so-called "click-to-cancel" rule, if customers decide to enroll in a subscription online or through an app in one ...
Stuck paying for a subscription or membership you no longer want or need? The Federal Trade Commission’s “click to cancel” rule set to take effect Tuesday may help. But the future of the new ...
The final "click to cancel" rule prohibits sellers from:misrepresenting any material fact made while marketing goods or services with a negative option feature;failing to clearly and conspicuously ...
In 2023, the FTC proposed a new rule that would ensure that the cancellation process of subscription services is as easy as the process of signing up. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] On October 16, 2024, the FTC announced the new rule, dubbed "click to cancel", requiring companies to make subscription services "as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as ...
The FTC identified three types of enforcement measures: self-regulation by the information collectors or an appointed regulatory body; private remedies that give civil causes of action for individuals whose information has been misused to sue violators; and government enforcement that can include civil and criminal penalties levied by the ...
Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. Amazon.com, Inc. is a lawsuit brought against the multinational technology company and online retailer Amazon in 2023. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), joined by the attorneys general of seventeen U.S. states , alleges that Amazon holds and abuses an online retail monopoly .
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission adopted a final rule on Wednesday requiring businesses to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions and memberships as it is to sign up, in the agency's last major ...
In March 2023, the United States Federal Trade Commission fined Fortnite developer Epic Games $245 million for use of "dark patterns to trick users into making purchases." The $245 million will be used to refund affected customers and is the largest refund amount ever issued by the FTC in a gaming case. [41]