Canceling a subscription can sometimes be difficult, which is why California’s governor recently passed a law to make it easier.
Canceling a subscription can sometimes be difficult, which is why California’s governor recently passed a law to make it easier.
You’ll no longer have to jump through hoops and over hurdles to cancel any of your subscriptions — as long as you’re living in California.
Keeping track of subscriptions can be frustrating and costly. US adults spend an average of $91 on subscription services each month, a CNET survey found, and nearly half have signed up for a free trial of a paid subscription and then forgotten to cancel it.
Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed into law Assembly Bill 286, which makes it easier for consumers to cancel their paid subscription services. The « click to cancel » bill, as it’s known, updates existing laws that determine how businesses in California handle cancellations, automatic renewals and continuous service offers for subscriptions.
