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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michelle Chapman

A 'click-to-cancel' rule, intended to make cancelling subscriptions easier, is blocked

FTC-Click to Cancel - (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships, has been blocked by a federal appeals court just days before it was set to go into effect.

The Federal Trad Commission's proposed changes, adopted in October, required businesses to obtain a customer's consent before charging for memberships, auto-renewals and programs linked to free trial offers.

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