The problem of "subscription traps"

Australians are confronting so-called subscription traps, with three quarters revealing to have had some form of negative experience trying to cancel a subscription.

Australians are finding out some subscriptions taken out online in particular are hard to cancel (AAP) Credit: AP

A report by the Consumer Policy Research Centre also found 3 per cent of Australians have felt pressured into keeping a subscription they wanted to cancel, and that Australia's consumer laws are falling behind other countries.

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