Tag: Negative Option rule
ESA applauds court decision vacating FTC’s Negative Option Rule
July 15, 2025SSN Staff
DALLAS—The Electronic Security Association (ESA) is applauding a major decision by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s Negative Option Rule allowing consumers to cancel subscriptions more easily.
The court found that the FTC failed to follow the required procedures, including conducting a proper economic impact analysis.
ESA, alongside the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other petitioners, challenged the rule last fall, warning it posed...
ESA: FTC’s click-to-cancel rule 'imposes unnecessary and unlawful burdens’
November 6, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
DALLAS—The Electronic Security Association (ESA) is steadfast in its opposition to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) newly adopted click-to-cancel rule, which allows consumers to cancel subscriptions more easily.
On Oct. 22, 2024, ESA filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to block the rule, which was announced on Oct. 16, and which requires sellers to offer subscribers “a way to cancel that’s as quick and easy as it...
ESA files petition for review regarding FTC’s click-to-cancel rule
October 31, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
DALLAS—The Electronic Security Association (ESA) announced that on Oct. 22, 2024, it filed a petition for review with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to block the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) newly adopted click-to-cancel rule, which allows consumers to cancel subscriptions more easily.
The petition, which ESA filed jointly with the NCTA – The Internet & Television Association and the Interactive Advertising Bureau, seeks an order vacating...