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type: "LegalText"
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title: "15 U.S.C. § 8403"
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description: "Negative option marketing on the Internet"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 15
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title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_number: "110"
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chapter_name: "ONLINE SHOPPER PROTECTION"
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section: "8403"
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citation: "15 U.S.C. § 8403"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc15@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s8403"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 8403 - Negative option marketing on the Internet
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## Text
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It shall be unlawful for any person to charge or attempt to charge any consumer for any goods or services sold in a transaction effected on the Internet through a negative option feature (as defined in the Federal Trade Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule in part 310 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations), unless the person—
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(1) provides text that clearly and conspicuously discloses all material terms of the transaction before obtaining the consumer’s billing information;
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(2) obtains a consumer’s express informed consent before charging the consumer’s credit card, debit card, bank account, or other financial account for products or services through such transaction; and
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(3) provides simple mechanisms for a consumer to stop recurring charges from being placed on the consumer’s credit card, debit card, bank account, or other financial account.
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(Pub. L. 111–345, § 4, Dec. 29, 2010, 124 Stat. 3620.)
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