The FTC has published (PDF) a statement about delaying the Click-to-Cancel rule, which would have gone into effect May 14th, has now been postponed until July 14th. The Negative Option Rule (Click-to-Cancel), which was brought about in the during the last administration, forbids companies from making customers jump through hoops that differ from the process to sign up for an account. If the customer was able to signup online, they will also have the option to cancel online.

In the statement, the FTC gave the reason for delaying the Negative Option Rule as “a fresh assessment of the burdens that forcing compliance by this date would impose.” The committee voted 3-0 on the delay this past Friday. It has been noted that two seats (of five) are currently vacant as the Trump administration has illegally fired the two sitting democrats back in March. There is a current lawsuit ongoing about the firings, arguing their firing violates a Supreme Court precedent that the president cannot fire FTC commissioners without cause¹.

The rule went into effect back in January 19th of 2025, but the click-to-cancel enforcement was not to take effect until this May. Although of the postponement, the FTC has stated that it still currently intends to enforce the rule after July 14th (90 days from no) for all regulated entities, unless it “exposes any problems.”

1. https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/10/ftc-delays-enforcement-of-click-to-cancel-rule/ ↩︎