CV-PR-01 · standards
Law and contract at once. The statute decides whether the disclosure is clear and conspicuous; the processors decide whether they will keep carrying the account.
Found on 3 of the 1,524 best-selling listings we have ruled, 3 times in total. That is 3 live product pages carrying this wording today.
Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act, 15 U.S.C. 8403
“negative option sales online: clear and conspicuous disclosure of all material terms before billing information is taken”
Source checked 2026-09-13.
Stripe Prohibited and Restricted Businesses
“Prohibited Businesses: nutraceuticals and pseudo-pharmaceuticals; unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices”
Source checked 2026-09-13.
Square Payment Terms, restricted businesses
“businesses and activities that may not use the Payment Services”
Source checked 2026-09-13.
An interpretation. We applied a published legal test to the published copy and reached a conclusion. Reasonable reviewers applying the same test can disagree at the margin; this is our reviewer's professional opinion, and the test is cited so you can check the reasoning.
Claims Verified, standard CV-PR-01 "Free trial / risk-free trial (recurring charge not disclosed)", standards v1.3.1, retrieved 16 September 2026, https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PR-01/
Or put it in your own policy
Marketing copy must not use "Free trial / risk-free trial (recurring charge not disclosed)" or equivalent wording. See Claims Verified standard CV-PR-01 (standards v1.3.1): https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PR-01/
Cite it freely with attribution and the version. The whole register is machine-readable at /standards/registry.json. Rulings are our published professional opinion, not legal advice.
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