# FTC Implements 'Click to Cancel' Rule to Combat Subscription Traps! 🛑

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/ftc-implements-click-to-cancel-rule-to-combat-subscription-traps/293763>\
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**Created:** [October 16, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ftc-implements-click-to-cancel-rule-to-combat-subscription-traps/293763 "2024-10-16T16:54:35Z")\
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**Summary:**

1. **New Cancellation Rule**  
The **U.S. Federal Trade Commission** has adopted a rule mandating that businesses make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up.

2. **Consumer Consent Required**  
The “click to cancel” rule requires retailers, gyms, and other businesses to obtain consumer consent for auto-renewals and free trials that convert to paid memberships.

3. **Easy Cancellation Process**  
Businesses must ensure that the cancellation method is “at least as easy to use” as the signup process, addressing numerous consumer complaints about difficult cancellation practices.

4. **No More Bots**  
The rule prohibits companies from forcing consumers to use chatbots or agents for cancellation if they signed up online, ensuring straightforward cancellation options.

5. **Highlighting Absurd Practices**  
FTC Chair **Lina Khan** noted that the pandemic revealed how businesses create unnecessary obstacles for cancellation, reinforcing the need for this rule.

**Read more at:** [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ftc-takes-subscription-traps-with-click-cancel-rule-2024-10-16/)