Your Paramount+ subscription renews automatically each billing period and your stored payment method is charged unless you cancel before the renewal date.
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Users who forget to cancel before their renewal date will be charged for another subscription period; the agreement authorizes this recurring charge without additional confirmation from the user.
If you sign up for Paramount+ and decide to stop using it, you must actively cancel before your billing date or you will be charged for the next subscription period; refunds for charges after an auto-renewal are not guaranteed under the terms.
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The Subscription Service will begin on the Subscription Billing Date and continue for the subscription period that you select on your account (such period, the "Initial Subscription Period"), and will automatically renew for successive periods of the same duration as the Initial Subscription Period....
The Subscription Service will begin on the Subscription Billing Date and continue for the subscription period that you select on your account (such period, the "Initial Subscription Period"), and will automatically renew for successive periods of the same duration as the Initial Subscription Period ...
If you sign up for a paid Subscription, we or the App Distributor will automatically charge your Payment Method on each agreed-upon periodic renewal date until you cancel. If your Subscription has a minimum term (the 'Initial Term'), we will let you know during the order process. Your Subscription w...
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"YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW UNTIL YOU CANCEL. Unless you cancel your subscription before the end of the current subscription period, your subscription will automatically renew at the end of each subscription period, and you authorize us to charge the applicable subscription fees to your Payment Method.— Excerpt from Paramount+'s Paramount+ Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Auto-renewal provisions in subscription services engage state automatic renewal laws, most notably California's Automatic Renewal Law (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Section 17600 et seq.), which requires clear and conspicuous disclosure, affirmative consent, and easy cancellation mechanisms. The FTC's Negative Option Rule (revised in 2023) also governs subscription auto-renewal disclosures and cancellation requirements at the federal level. Similar laws exist in New York, Illinois, and other states. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Auto-renewal is industry-standard for streaming services, but the adequacy of disclosure at the point of sign-up is a recurring FTC and State AG enforcement focus. Non-compliant auto-renewal practices have resulted in enforcement actions and settlements against major streaming platforms. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: California creates the most significant exposure given its specific statutory requirements for auto-renewal disclosures and the availability of a private right of action. New York and Illinois have enacted similar statutes. International users may be subject to EU consumer directive requirements on subscription transparency. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Third-party billing partners and payment processors used by Paramount+ must comply with the auto-renewal disclosure and cancellation requirements; vendor agreements should address liability allocation for disclosure failures. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should audit the sign-up and checkout flow to confirm that auto-renewal terms are disclosed clearly and conspicuously before the consumer submits payment, and that the cancellation mechanism satisfies the FTC's 'simple cancellation' standard. Annual review against evolving state auto-renewal statutes is advisable.
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Users who forget to cancel before their renewal date will be charged for another subscription period; the agreement authorizes this recurring charge without additional confirmation from the user.
If you sign up for Paramount+ and decide to stop using it, you must actively cancel before your billing date or you will be charged for the next subscription period; refunds for charges after an auto-renewal are not guaranteed under the terms.
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