New York City enforces click-to-cancel rule for subscriptions

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 1 Oct, 18:31 · Archive

New York City's click-to-cancel rule requiring businesses to make subscription cancellation as easy as sign-up has taken effect.

New York City has implemented a click-to-cancel rule requiring businesses to make cancelling subscriptions as straightforward as signing up. The rule, which took effect on Thursday, allows residents to submit complaints to the city government. The city joins a growing number of jurisdictions adopting similar rules as a federal standard remains unsettled.

How it is being reported

• NYC's click-to-cancel rule is now in effect to save consumers from subscription hellEngadget · 1 Oct, 18:41
• New York City's 'click to cancel' subscription rule takes effect, joining states with similar lawsCNBC · 1 Oct, 17:55
• NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptionsThe Verge · 1 Oct, 15:49

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