California Automatic Renewal Law

June 18, 2025 A class action lawsuit claims OnlyFans illegally obscures from consumers that its subscriptions will automatically renew.

May 30, 2025 A $1.5M settlement resolves a class action lawsuit against SeaWorld over the alleged lack of customer consent in the auto-renewal of annual park passes.

January 20, 2025 System1, Total Security and Protected.net have agreed to pay a $2.5 million settlement to resolve a class action that alleged the software companies unlawfully enrolled consumers in automatically renewing product subscriptions.

October 3, 2024 Peacock has agreed to pay more than $3,700,000 to settle a class action that claimed it violated California law by automatically renewing consumers’ subscriptions without providing certain disclosures.

September 11, 2024 A class action alleges streaming service DAZN has automatically renewed certain subscriptions without providing disclosures required by California law.

April 5, 2024 A class action lawsuit accuses Shapermint of unlawfully enrolling consumers in recurring, paid memberships without authorization.

February 26, 2024 A class action alleges Wondershare lures consumers into automatically renewing subscriptions without making proper disclosures or obtaining customer consent.

October 27, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Whoop, Inc. of unlawfully enrolling consumers in recurring, paid memberships without consent.

October 3, 2023 A class action accuses the Bradford Exchange of unlawfully enrolling consumers in recurring, paid subscriptions without authorization.

September 18, 2023 A proposed class action alleges Peacock has illegally renewed consumers’ streaming subscriptions automatically and without proper disclosures.

April 21, 2023 A class action alleges content creation platform OnlyFans has illegally roped consumers into automatically renewing subscriptions.

March 16, 2023 A class action alleges the companies behind the F1 TV live and on-demand streaming service have illegally locked certain Formula 1 fans into auto-renewing subscriptions.

March 10, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Lovevery of unlawfully subscribing consumers to recurring paid programs and later charging them without consent when the subscription automatically renews.

February 14, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Bespoke Post of unlawfully subscribing consumers to recurring paid programs and later charging them without consent when the subscription automatically renews.

February 3, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Coursera, Inc. of unlawfully subscribing consumers to recurring paid programs and later charging them without authorization when the subscription renews automatically.

January 13, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Chegg, Inc. of unlawfully subscribing consumers to paid programs and later charging them without authorization when the subscription auto-renews.

October 17, 2022 A class action alleges JustAnswer has failed to comply with a settlement stipulating that JustAnswer.com must display certain disclosures regarding membership costs and automatic subscription renewals.

September 13, 2022 A class action alleges HelloFresh has failed to provide certain disclosures and obtain affirmative consent before automatically re-upping consumers’ subscriptions.

September 6, 2022 BarkBox has allegedly run afoul of a Calif. law by failing to provide clear disclosures and obtain consent before enrolling pet owners into automatically renewing subscriptions.

October 20, 2021 A class action claims Life Alert unlawfully debited consumers’ accounts on a recurring basis after they requested cancelation of the company’s services.

August 31, 2021 A class action alleges Billie, Inc. has re-upped Calif. residents’ monthly skincare and shaving products subscriptions without first making certain statutory disclosures.

November 25, 2020 WW International, Inc. faces a lawsuit that claims it engaged in an unlawful automatic renewal scheme for its Weight Watchers products and services.

August 12, 2020 A proposed class action claims iTalk Global Communications unlawfully enrolled consumers in automatic renewal and continuous service subscriptions.

August 3, 2020 A class action alleges Ancestry.com has signed "free trial" users up for automatically renewing memberships in violation California law.

April 10, 2020 Consumer Reports allegedly violated California law by automatically renewing members’ subscriptions without providing adequate notice or securing consent to do so.

September 5, 2019 Trusted Media Brands, Inc. illegally enrolled customers in an automatic renewal plan without properly notifying them, according to a class action suit in California.

June 12, 2019 Time Magazine and Meredith Corp. allegedly renewed customers' monthly subscriptions without adhering to rules set by California's Automatic Renewal Law.

February 28, 2019 A proposed class action out of California claims Yoga Club, LLC violated state law by failing to provide mandatory information about the automatic renewal of its subscription services.