{"id":361950,"date":"2026-10-01T16:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/361950\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:28:46","slug":"news-12-bronx-click-to-cancel-rule-protects-new-york-city-residents-from-subscription-traps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/361950\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Click To Cancel Rule Protects New York City Residents From Subscription Traps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A new rule taking effect Thursday will help protect New York City residents from confusing, time-consuming obstacles that make it difficult to cancel subscriptions.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection will enforce the \u201cClick to Cancel\u201d rule.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Officials say it requires companies to clearly explain subscription terms, disclose consumers\u2019 rights when purchasing or cancelling and provide a simple cancellation process.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Businesses caught violating it would be liable for civil penalties starting at $525 and may have to refund the consumer.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The rule also allows consumers to file complaints against businesses that make it difficult to cancel subscriptions.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">City officials are calling it a \u201cfirst-in-the-nation\u201d municipal rule keeping locals safe from subscription traps.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cIn our city, we\u2019re drawing a clear line: if you cant sign up with one click, you must be able to cancel with one,\u201d said Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">For more information, <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/main\/click-to-cancel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new rule taking effect Thursday will help protect New York City residents from confusing, time-consuming obstacles that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-361950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}