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The FTC's Finalized Rule.

Federal Trade Commission Negative Option (“Click-to-Cancel”) Rule (finalized Nov. 15, 2024; vacated July 8, 2025 by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)

Read what the public said about the FTC Rule.

Public comments filed in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s Click to Cancel rulemaking.

Read how companies profit from people who forget about their subscriptions.

“Selling Subscriptions,” by Liran Einav, Ben Klopack, and Neale Mahoney (August 2023). This research paper studies how businesses profit from subscription models.

Listen to Planet Money interview former FTC official Sam Levine about Click to Cancel.

“The Subscription Trap,” Planet Money podcast episode (Oct. 18, 2024).

Just how popular is Click to Cancel?

Polling from Data for Progress, demonstrating broad support for Click-to-Cancel from 83% of voters, including 85% of Democrats, 86% of Independents, and 80% of Republicans. (Aug. 2024).

End Subscription Traps is a campaign sponsored by Consumer Federation of America, the American Economic Liberties Project and the Center for Law & Economic Justice at U.C. Berkeley School of Law.

Resources

Federal Trade Commission Negative Option (“Click-to-Cancel”) Rule (finalized Nov. 15, 2024; vacated July 8, 2025 by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)

Read what the public said about the FTC Rule.

Public comments filed in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s Click to Cancel rulemaking.

End Subscription Traps is a campaign sponsored by Consumer Federation of America, the American Economic Liberties Project and the Center for Law & Economic Justice at U.C. Berkeley School of Law.

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