NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect

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Too often, businesses force their customers through confusing, time-consuming hurdles to cancel unwanted subscriptions. This first-in-the-nation municipal rule protects consumers from such subscription traps. Businesses that violate the rule would be liable for civil penalties, starting at $525, and may be liable for refunding the consumer.

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