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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 ...
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 ...
For example, in 2014, the FTC settled with Apple over allegations that the company allowed children to make unauthorized in-app purchases without their parents' consent. As part of the settlement, Apple agreed to refund a minimum of $32.5 million to affected consumers that were billed for in-app purchases incurred by children.
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 ...
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 ...
Director, FTC Bureau of Competition [43] Rohit Chopra: Democratic May 2, 2018 – October 12, 2021 CFPB Assistant Director Noah J. Phillips: Republican May 2, 2018 – October 14, 2022 Counsel to Senator John Cornyn [49] Christine S. Wilson: Republican September 26, 2018 – March 31, 2023 Senior Vice President, Delta Air Lines: Lina Khan ...
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]