A procedural slipup at the Federal Trade Commission led an appeals court last year to invalidate the click-to-cancel rule.

• Americans are losing hundreds of dollars a year on subscriptions they forget to cancel or can’t easily escape. • A federal court ruling has stalled the FTC’s “click to cancel” consumer protection ...

The FTC is once again considering whether to issue rules that could make it easier for consumers to cancel recurring subscriptions for cable television, gyms, newspapers and other products and ...

Spread the loveThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking a significant step toward re-evaluating the rules surrounding the cancellation of recurring subscriptions, particularly in the realm of ...

The Unsubscribe Act, proposed in the House, joins a companion bill in the Senate, as well as two other bills, in creating a "click-to-cancel" rule for subscriptions. The measures all have come after a ...

Amazon has reached what the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is calling a “historic” $2.5 billion settlement over allegations ...

So-called “negative option” services are a controversial yet time-tested method of doing business. Under this model, a customer signs up for a subscription service, typically as part of a free trial ...