Your Hulu subscription automatically renews every billing period and Hulu explicitly states it will not send you a notice before your free trial ends or before your subscription renews — you are responsible for tracking your own renewal dates.
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Auto-renewal provisions create a procedural requirement that subscribers must take affirmative cancellation steps to prevent recurring charges. The absence of pre-expiry notice affects the operational burden placed on subscribers to manage their subscription status.
If you sign up for a free trial and forget to cancel, Hulu will charge your payment method immediately after the trial ends without any advance warning email or notification, and will not refund that charge for a partially used billing period.
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If you do not timely cancel your subscription, your subscription will be renewed at the full price as indicated when the purchase was made, without any additional action by you, and you authorize us to charge your payment method for these amounts.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision directly implicates the FTC's Negative Option Rule (16 CFR Part 425, amended 2023), which requires clear and conspicuous disclosure of negative option features, affirmative consent, simple cancellation mechanisms, and — under …
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Auto-renewal provisions create a procedural requirement that subscribers must take affirmative cancellation steps to prevent recurring charges. The absence of pre-expiry notice affects the operational burden placed on subscribers to manage their subscription status.
If you sign up for a free trial and forget to cancel, Hulu will charge your payment method immediately after the trial ends without any advance warning email or notification, and will not refund that charge for a partially used billing period.
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