FTC delay enforcing the click on the impure

Federal Trade Committee Friday Voice To delay the enforcement of the downside-known option base known widely as the “Click to Model” base that requires companies to make it easy to cancel the subscription as it was for registration.

The rule that was He suggested for the first time in 2023It aims to sell companies with physical and digital contributions-everything from broadcasting services to the gym’s membership-through simple subscription flows, only to discover customers later that they have to go through a more complicated or time to cancel.

Under the negative option base, companies will not be able to force customers to cancel subscriptions through a different way from the way they used to register – so if you register with a few clicks on the company’s website, you must be able to cancel their website as well. Companies must also provide relevant information about cancellation before collecting customer payment information.

According to FTC, The base entered into force On January 19, but the enforcement of some rulings was delayed until May 14. FTC is now delaying the enforcement for another 60 days, until July 14.

“After a new evaluation of the burdens that impose compliance according to this date, the committee decided that the original postponement period did not explain enough to complicate compliance,” the Federal Trade Committee said in a statement.

The committee voted 3-0 to delay the implementation. Traditionally FTC includes five commissioners – three of the President’s party and two from the opposition party – but President Donald Trump I launched Democratic Commissioners In March. These commissioners after that A lawsuit against TrumpOn the pretext that the shooting is a precedent to the Supreme Court that the president cannot shoot the FTC Commissioners for no reason.

Despite the delay, FTC said it would already start enforcing it on July 14, when “the options subject to compliance should be.”

“Of course, if this enforcement experience reveals the base problems, the committee is open to amend the base to address any of these problems.”