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2025’s biggest recurring-payments moves weren’t just about processing scale. They were about ownership of the decision layer that increasingly determines renewal success and revenue.
The settlement administrator says eligible consumers should receive notice by Jan. 23 and have 180 days to submit a claim.
Executive Orders create a citywide task force and directs the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) to investigate, enforce, and pursue potential rulemaking.
Indiana, Kentucky, and Rhode Island privacy laws are now live, raising the bar for customer data requests, opt-outs, and data-sharing controls across the subscription stack.
The blocked law would have required age verification and parental consent at the app store level—an acquisition and in-app monetization chokepoint for subscription apps.
LB504’s operative date (Jan. 1) has arrived, with requirements spanning defaults, targeted ads, notifications, and certain engagement features for users the service knows are minors.
FTC says Disney’s YouTube labeling failures enabled unlawful collection of children’s data for targeted ads, underscoring how operational workflows—not just policies—drive kids-privacy exposure.
Refunds to more than 1.2 million consumers are going out now—an execution milestone that underscores ongoing FTC scrutiny of negative option, “free gift,” and continuity-plan
The FTC is soliciting comments through Jan. 2, 2026—while enforcement pressure under existing authorities remains active.
Competing bids for Warner raise new questions over who controls premium IP as antitrust scrutiny and political signals put mega-streaming consolidation to the test
