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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Aratani

UNBELIEVABLE: Ftc introduces proposal to make us subscriptions easier to cancel | History Defined

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The FTC is considering a click-to-cancel requirement. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

It is one of the ires of the digital age: signing up for a new subscription can be done in a few clicks, but cancelling it later is often difficult and can sometimes feel almost impossible.

Now the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is trying to change that for customers in a new proposal that would require companies with customers on recurring payment programs to offer easy online cancellation.

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