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Mandate a "One-Click to Cancel" button for all online subscriptions

Submitted by Matthew Woolcock on Thursday 15th January 2026

Published on Monday 16th February 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Sunday 16th August 2026

Current Signatures: 78
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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2024 ~ Button ~ Cancel ~ Companies ~ competition ~ Digital ~ Forced ~ Hidden ~ Law ~ Mandate ~ market ~ patterns ~ Signed ~ Subscription ~ The Law

Petition Action

Mandate a "One-Click to Cancel" button for all online subscriptions

Petition Details

We want the Government to use the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 to require companies to provide a prominent, one-click cancellation button for any subscription purchased online.

Additional Information

Currently, many companies make it easy to sign up but force customers through "dark patterns"—multiple pages of warnings, phone calls, or hidden menus—to cancel. While the 2024 Act requires "straightforward" cancellation, we believe it is too vague. We want the law to state that cancelling must be as easy as signing up: if it took one click to join, it must take no more than one click to leave.


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