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The FTC puts off enforcing its 'click-to-cancel' rule Comments Drawer * News The FTC puts off enforcing its 'click-to-cancel' rule Companies now have until July 14th to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as it is to sign up for them. Companies now have until July 14th to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as it is to sign up for them. by Wes Davis May 10, 2025, 10:14 PM UTC * * * STKS500_FTC_C STKS500_FTC_C The FTC seal. Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Wes Davis Wes Davis is a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was set to start enforcing the remaining provisions of its "click-to-cancel" rule on May 14th, requiring that subscriptions be as easy to cancel as to start. Now, the agency says it won't enforce the rule until July 14th, as TechCrunch reports. Also known as the Negative Option Rule, the big component of click-to-cancel is that it forbids companies from making customers jump through hoops that differ from the process to sign up for an account. If you can sign up online, you must be able to cancel online, too. As the FTC points out, the original May 14th deadline was already a deferral for that and related provisions. Related * The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership * Guess who's suing the FTC to stop 'click to cancel' The agency says it chose to push enforcement back even further after "a fresh assessment of the burdens that forcing compliance by this date would impose." The FTC voted 3-0 for the delay, but as TechCrunch notes, two of a typical five commissioners were absent from the vote. That's because they were illegally fired by Donald Trump in March. Perhaps on the bright side for consumers, the FTC says that starting on the new deadline, "regulated entities must be in compliance with the whole of the Rule because the Commission will begin enforcing it." However, it doesn't rule out changing any of the regulation's provisions, writing that it's "open to amending the Rule" if enforcing it "exposes any problems." See More: * News * Policy * Politics * Regulation Most Popular Most Popular 1. You can now submit your claims for Apple's $95 million Siri spying settlement 2. Google just changed its 'G' logo 3. United's Starlink-powered Wi-Fi is the end of airplane mode 4. Apple may release a 'mostly glass, curved iPhone' in 2027 5. Don't delete that 'Lopez Voice Assistant' email -- it's about Apple's Siri settlement Installer A weekly newsletter by David Pierce designed to tell you everything you need to download, watch, read, listen to, and explore that fits in The Verge's universe. 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