Regulation and Compliance
From subscription offers, free trials, special promotions, marketing copy, auto-renewal notification, consumer privacy, financial reporting, payment processes, and more – there are a lot of laws that subscription, membership, and recurring-revenue companies need to understand and comply with.
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FTC orders Credit Karma to stop telling users they’re pre-approved; Meta sunsets 2 products; a cybersecurity vulnerability is found in TikTok.
Apple agrees to pay $14.8M to settle an iCloud subscription lawsuit for allegedly breaching the iCloud agreement.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office declined a trademark application for Truth Social, former president Trump’s social media app.
Amazon and Walmart battle over same day delivery, TikTok settles $92M privacy case, OnlyFans lays off staff.
On Monday, Amazon sued 10,000 Facebook administrators for coordinating fake reviews.
Elon Musk and Twitter battle over their $44 billion merger agreement. Musk tries to back out; Twitter sues.
The FCC has asked Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores due to national security concerns.
Streaming music subscriptions lose 1M subscribers in UK, Netflix seeks ad partners, Google avoids additional antitrust fines in EU.
The FTC has stepped up enforcement and proposed policy changes that directly impact subscription companies.
Better Business Bureau reports an uptick in subscription scams, including those targeting QuickBooks and Norton Anti-Lock.
