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Is Automatic Renewal of a Subscription an Unfair Term?

Author · Av. Ayşenur Konar, Avukat

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In short

Automatic renewal of a subscription is the clause that writes that a new period will open by itself when the term ends. This text reads only that clause. Not every renewal is an unfair term. Not every renewal is announced as valid by itself either. How the subscription is cancelled is a separate heading. The general test of an unfair term is a separate heading as well. A day of withdrawal is not written in the file, and it is not added here. The question whether automatic renewal of a subscription is an unfair term is read from whether the renewal sentence is clear.

The renewal clause is read on its own

The clause is read by looking at whether it states the price of the new period and the consumer's way of stopping that period. If the way is a sentence buried in the contract, the record is weak. If the way is shown separately and in an understandable form, the record is read differently. This separation does not announce the whole contract as unfair. If the clause is not there at all, renewal is not added as a default provision. If a screenshot and a signed contract conflict, the two are placed side by side. Which one was shown to the consumer is looked for from the date of the record.

The cancellation channels are not written step by step in this text. What is looked at here is whether the renewal sentence gave notice of the new period. An extension of which notice was not given is not a copy of a cancellation guide. If there is a notice, the notice document is read. If there is no notice, a sentence that "notice was given" is not invented. An invoice may show that the new period was charged. An invoice does not by itself finish the point that notice was given. The two are separate questions.

Not every renewal is void by itself

The full test of an unfair term is not built in this text. Only the renewal sentence is put to the test here. If the sentence is clear and can be stopped, it is not closed as an unfair term. If the sentence is hidden and cannot be stopped, it is not saved by calling it clear either. In a renewal in which the price rose, the rate of the increase is not written. If the rate is a separate line in the renewal clause, it is read from that line. If there is no line, a rate is not invented. A percentage is not added. A defect at the formation of the subscription is not put in the place of the renewal sentence.

Withdrawal is not the short name of the renewal clause. A day of withdrawal is not in this file. A number of days is not added. The consumer's way of stopping the renewal is read as it was written in the clause. If the name of the way is not "withdrawal", the name is not changed. Going to the arbitration committee is not an automatic result of this clause either. The application is a separate document.

The renewal clause is read apart from the clause that formed the subscription. If the price shown at formation and the price charged on renewal differ, the difference is taken together from the invoice and from the clause. The rate of the difference is not written. If the rate is not in the clause, a rate is not invented. Whether the channel the consumer used to stop the new period is the channel written in the clause, or a screen that closed later, is answered with the record. If the channel closed, a document of the closing is looked for. If there is no document, the channel is counted neither as open nor as closed. The gap is left as a gap. An automatic collection is not the renewal clause itself. The sum taken from the card may show that the new period opened. The charge does not by itself finish the point that notice was given.

The bank record and the contract are placed side by side. If the two conflict, it is asked which one was shown to the consumer first. Priority is taken from a dated document. If there is no date, the sequence is not invented. A complaint petition does not build this sequence by itself. The petition must write which clause is being discussed. If there is no clause number in the contract, a number is not added. A day of withdrawal is not added either. A day is read from that line only if it is written expressly in the clause. If it is not, this text does not set a day.

How the renewal clause is read

The contract, the renewal notice and the invoice stand together. The three are not treated as a single screen. Counsel in Ankara does not write the address of a Çankaya office in place of the arbitration committee or the court. The competent authority is read from the record of the application itself. The clause is not treated as void so that the period will pass by itself. The district of the office does not change the authority for the consumer transaction. A day of withdrawal and a price rate are not written in this heading either. A period or a rate is read from the contract only if it is written there.

Separate headings

The cancellation channels are in cancellation of a subscription. The general test of an unfair term is in an unfair term. An application to the arbitration committee is in the arbitration committee. Those three do not repeat the sentence of the renewal clause. Each looks at its own documents.

Conclusion

The question whether automatic renewal of a subscription is an unfair term is read only through that clause. Not every renewal is counted as an unfair term. Not every renewal is counted as valid by itself either. A day of withdrawal and a rate are not added. The frame is on the consumer law page, and the basis is in the text of Law No. 6502. A holding is not made until the contract, the invoice and the notice document have been seen.

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Frequently asked questions

Is automatic renewal always an unfair term?

No. Only the renewal clause is read. Whether the clause is clear, and whether the period can be stopped, changes the record. The general test of an unfair term is a separate article.

Is cancellation of a subscription explained on this page?

No. The cancellation channels and the form of the record are in the article on cancellation of a subscription. This page separates the sentence that the term extended by itself.

At what rate does the price rise on renewal?

The rate is not on this page. If the increase is written in the renewal clause, it is read from that line. If it is not, a rate is not invented.

Related reading

This article sits under one practice area. The neighbouring guides carry the detail that does not belong in this text.

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Av. Ayşenur Konar

Lawyer on the Ankara Bar Association roll, founder of Konar Hukuk. This text is general information; a specific file is reviewed separately. Author profile · Editorial policy

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