A federal appeals court dealt a blow to consumer protection efforts on Tuesday, ruling that subscription services will not be required to make it easier for consumers to cancel their plans. This “click-to-cancel” policy,

A “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships, has been blocked by a federal appeals court just days before it was set to go into effect.

The FTC’s "click-to-cancel" rule would have required companies to make canceling a subscription as simple as signing up. But a federal appeals court blocked the policy days before it could take effect.