HelloFresh, the popular meal kit delivery service, has been ordered to pay $7.5 million to settle a civil lawsuit accusing the company of enrolling some customers into auto-renewing subscription plans in a way that violated California law.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced Monday that the meal kit service has been ordered to pay the millions in penalties for allegedly misleading consumers about the subscription charges “without adequate notice or authorization.”
California’s Automatic Renewal Law requires companies to “clearly and conspicuously” disclose its subscription terms before collecting payments, obtain affirmative consent from customers before charging their payment sources and offer an easy method for cancelling…