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 rule is ...

California’s law was introduced in response to sketchy practices by many companies around subscription services. Whether it’s a streaming video app or an internet package, subscribing may take only a ...

[Update as of July 9, 2025] A federal appellate court has struck down the FTC’s Click-to-Cancel rule, which was intended to make it easier for customers to cancel subscriptions. The rule was adopted ...

Questionable practices have become common among sellers of subscription-based services. A new rule would have required sellers to make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up for them, but it ...

New bill would make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up. Backs a blocked FTC rule aimed at reining in deceptive cancellation practices. Consumer advocates call it a “commonsense” ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 13: Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan prepares to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 13, 2023 in ...

Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more. The Federal Trade Commission will soon implement a rule making it easier for consumers to cancel their subscriptions and memberships, ...

Trade groups representing publishers, advertisers and videogame companies have come out against the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed requirement that companies offer consumers an easy ...