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Okay, new law in California. And this has to do with online subscriptions. When you order a service, when you order almost anything,

you order a supplement, you order platforms when you're watching TV. These are all online subscriptions.

Well, what companies have been accused of doing is signing people up to that subscription without their consent, actually renewing the subscription without notice of their consent.

So here you are, the subscription is going to cost you $8 a month for whatever.

And this goes on for six months, so you sign up for a year.

And you have to cancel a month before or it rolls over.

Well, you know, we get snagged on that.

People forget they really downplay it on the subscription base and they put in real small print

and they don't tell you about it.

Well, new law, assembly Bill 2863, imposes a series of safeguards on those subscription contracts.

And it applies to subscriptions or purchasing agreements that automatically renew and continue until terminated or convert from free to paid automatically unless canceled.

And then you have to use this form and you have to give them plenty of notice.

And if not, it rolls over no matter what.

Well, the new law says that the businesses must obtain express affirmative consent, which means it doesn't

roll over unless you, the company, sends to the subscriber a specific notification. Do you want

to extend? Do you want this to roll over?

And if not, they can't.

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