---
title: "Check online subscription pricing and cancellation against the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/check-displayed-pricing-subscriptions-and-cancellation-flows/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A29-T1-R8-US"
practice_area: "Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check online subscription pricing and cancellation against the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act

> Walk the sign-up and cancellation screens the lawyer supplies and note whether material terms, consent and a way to stop charges are shown. Do not rewrite the screens.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/check-displayed-pricing-subscriptions-and-cancellation-flows/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Walk the sign-up and cancellation screens the lawyer supplies and note whether material terms, consent and a way to stop charges are shown. Do not rewrite the screens. |
| What the lawyer must review | 15 U.S.C. § 8403 makes it unlawful to charge a consumer for goods or services sold on the Internet through a negative option feature, as defined in the Telemarketing Sales Rule, unless the seller clearly and conspicuously discloses all material terms before obtaining billing information, obtains the consumer’s express informed consent before charging the account, and provides simple mechanisms to stop recurring charges. State automatic-renewal statutes may also apply. Open the state’s statute. This version does not treat the FTC’s later negative-option rule amendments as in force. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check displayed pricing, subscriptions and cancellation flows](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/check-displayed-pricing-subscriptions-and-cancellation-flows.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Walk the sign-up and cancellation screens the lawyer supplies and note whether material terms, consent and a way to stop charges are shown. Do not rewrite the screens.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Section 8403 is limited to Internet negative-option transactions. Do not apply it to every subscription.
- The status of the FTC’s click-to-cancel amendments was not confirmed from an official rule page and is left out.

## Sources

- [15 U.S.C. § 8403, Negative option marketing on the Internet](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/8403) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [15 U.S.C. § 45, FTC Act section 5](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/45) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Displayed price and single-figure total](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/total-price-display-checks.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist of the ACCC price-display page on the single total price, more than one displayed price, drip pricing, menu surcharges and payment-method discounts. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*