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DAZN the British owned sports broadcasting/streaming website proposes that you can both sign up and cancel your subscription to streaming services at any time. This is a ploy to acquire new members and once the 30day trial is up, keep them locked into a subscription service as credit card information is required at time of initial sign up for services. The TOS of DAZN is a forced arbitration therein by subscribing you wave all rights to any compensation to any class action. [https://help.dazn.com/hc/en-us/articles/16391473315101-Terms-of-Use] Signing up for the service is a few minute process. Trying to unsubscribe from the service requires you to talk with an in house agent. Despite multiple attempts to interact with the agents they never seem to be there. The only recourse one has to keep DAZN from charging your card monthly is to cancel all charges being put on the account from that vendor.
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{{CompanyCargo
|Founded=2007
|Industry=Broadcasting, IPTV, Sports
|Logo=DAZN Logo Master.svg
|ParentCompany=
|Type=Subsidiary
|Website=https://www.dazn.com
|Description=
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'''{{Wplink|DAZN}}''' is a British-owned entertainment platform for sports broadcasting and streaming. The platform launched in 2015 and streams live and on-demand sport to over 200 countries worldwide. The service has 20 million paying subscribers as of 2023.<!-- Need a longer preamble here -->
 
==Consumer impact summary==
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===Cancellation difficulties and forced arbitration===
DAZN proposes that you can both sign up and cancel your subscription to streaming services at any time. Members will find, however, that once the 30-day trial has ended, they are locked into a subscription service, credit-card information was required when signing up for services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DAZN Makes Canceling Difficult |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1e3jt8w/dazn_makes_canceling_difficult/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260324194302/https://old.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1e3jt8w/dazn_makes_canceling_difficult/ |archive-date=24 Mar 2026 |access-date=17 Mar 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 Dec 2020 |title=Dazn won't let me cancel |url=https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/dazn-wont-let-me-cancel.524423/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708185608/https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/dazn-wont-let-me-cancel.524423/ |archive-date=8 Jul 2025 |access-date=17 Mar 2025 |website=AZBilliards Forum}}</ref> The [[terms of service]] of DAZN contain a [[forced arbitration]] agreement wherein by subscribing you waive all rights to any compensation by any {{Wplink|class action}} lawsuit. (See lines '''17. Mandatory Individual Arbitration''').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terms of Use |url=https://help.dazn.com/hc/en-us/articles/16391473315101-Terms-of-Use |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815150309/https://help.dazn.com/hc/en-us/articles/16391473315101-Terms-of-Use |archive-date=15 Aug 2024 |access-date=17 Mar 2025 |website=[[DAZN]]}}</ref>
 
Signing up for the service is a short process. Trying to unsubscribe from the service requires you to talk to an in-house agent. These agents appear to never be available. The only recourse a customer has to prevent monthly charges from DAZN is to cancel all charges being put on the account from that vendor.
 
===Unwanted automatic rebilling and price increases===
In 2023, DAZN offered a "NFL Game Pass" outside of the US in countries like Germany, where you could pay around $45 a month to watch the rest of the season games. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Internet Archive DAZN NFL Game Pass site from October 2023 |url=https://www.dazn.com/de-DE/l/nfl-game-pass/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023140651/https://www.dazn.com/de-DE/l/nfl-game-pass/ |archive-date=2023-10-23}}</ref> The advertisement clearly states that the charges that you incur will be "per month for 4 months". The season pass subscription however does not terminate after the season is over. Unless actively cancelled, it silently renews in the following year for the exact same price, often leading to consumers incurring unexpected charges on their credit cards about a year later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trustpilot-Review about unwanted rebilling around the start of the new NFL season through a prior NFL game pass |url=https://de.trustpilot.com/reviews/66ac04dcf1f18786079050ae |website=Trustpilot |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708185611/https://de.trustpilot.com/reviews/66ac04dcf1f18786079050ae |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Further customer reviews on Trustpilot about unwanted rebilling around August for their Game Pass |url=https://de.trustpilot.com/reviews/66ab3ce1b4f51e5e415cff7b |website=Trustpilot |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708185609/https://de.trustpilot.com/reviews/66ab3ce1b4f51e5e415cff7b |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> This correlates with an influx of negative reviews around the start of the new NFL season in August on websites like Trustpilot.
 
Reddit-Users also have complained about their cancelled free-trial subscriptions being bumped up to full season pass subscriptions and being charged more than $200 for a season pass they never ordered.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reddit-Thread about NFL gamepass transition |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/dazn_ca/comments/15f9k2o/nfl_gamepass_transition_this_cant_be_legal/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230801112201/https://old.reddit.com/r/dazn_ca/comments/15f9k2o/nfl_gamepass_transition_this_cant_be_legal/ |archive-date=1 Aug 2023}}</ref> Furthermore, users on TrustPilot also noted that the usual €179 price tag for a yearly subscription was switched to a monthly €40 subscription without prior notice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=German TrustPilot review complaining about increased subscription prices |url=https://de.trustpilot.com/reviews/66ab3ce1b4f51e5e415cff7b |website=TrustPilot |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708185609/https://de.trustpilot.com/reviews/66ab3ce1b4f51e5e415cff7b |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=User comment on TrustPilot about the increase in price and switch to a monthly subscription model |url=https://de.trustpilot.com/reviews/67fed1a985794b537b4ad9f5 |website=Trustpilot |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708185605/https://de.trustpilot.com/reviews/67fed1a985794b537b4ad9f5 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> This constitutes a €100 price increase over the previously incurred costs.
 
==Incidents==
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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
 
===Example incident one (''date'')===
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Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
 
===Example incident two (''date'')===
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==See also==
*[[Forced arbitration]]
*[[Click-to-cancel]]
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Subscription-based services]]
[[Category:Forced arbitration]]

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DAZN
Basic information
Founded 2007
Legal Structure Subsidiary
Industry Broadcasting, IPTV, Sports
Also known as
Official website https://www.dazn.com

DAZN is a British-owned entertainment platform for sports broadcasting and streaming. The platform launched in 2015 and streams live and on-demand sport to over 200 countries worldwide. The service has 20 million paying subscribers as of 2023.

Consumer impact summary

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Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

  • User freedom
  • User privacy
  • Business model
  • Market control

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Cancellation difficulties and forced arbitration

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DAZN proposes that you can both sign up and cancel your subscription to streaming services at any time. Members will find, however, that once the 30-day trial has ended, they are locked into a subscription service, credit-card information was required when signing up for services.[1][2] The terms of service of DAZN contain a forced arbitration agreement wherein by subscribing you waive all rights to any compensation by any class action lawsuit. (See lines 17. Mandatory Individual Arbitration).[3]

Signing up for the service is a short process. Trying to unsubscribe from the service requires you to talk to an in-house agent. These agents appear to never be available. The only recourse a customer has to prevent monthly charges from DAZN is to cancel all charges being put on the account from that vendor.

Unwanted automatic rebilling and price increases

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In 2023, DAZN offered a "NFL Game Pass" outside of the US in countries like Germany, where you could pay around $45 a month to watch the rest of the season games. [4] The advertisement clearly states that the charges that you incur will be "per month for 4 months". The season pass subscription however does not terminate after the season is over. Unless actively cancelled, it silently renews in the following year for the exact same price, often leading to consumers incurring unexpected charges on their credit cards about a year later.[5][6] This correlates with an influx of negative reviews around the start of the new NFL season in August on websites like Trustpilot.

Reddit-Users also have complained about their cancelled free-trial subscriptions being bumped up to full season pass subscriptions and being charged more than $200 for a season pass they never ordered.[7] Furthermore, users on TrustPilot also noted that the usual €179 price tag for a yearly subscription was switched to a monthly €40 subscription without prior notice.[8][9] This constitutes a €100 price increase over the previously incurred costs.

Incidents

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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the DAZN category.

Example incident one (date)

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Main article: link to the main CR Wiki article

Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).

Example incident two (date)

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See also

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References

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  1. "DAZN Makes Canceling Difficult". Reddit. Archived from the original on 24 Mar 2026. Retrieved 17 Mar 2025.
  2. "Dazn won't let me cancel". AZBilliards Forum. 28 Dec 2020. Archived from the original on 8 Jul 2025. Retrieved 17 Mar 2025.
  3. "Terms of Use". DAZN. Archived from the original on 15 Aug 2024. Retrieved 17 Mar 2025.
  4. "Internet Archive DAZN NFL Game Pass site from October 2023". Archived from the original on 2023-10-23.
  5. "Trustpilot-Review about unwanted rebilling around the start of the new NFL season through a prior NFL game pass". Trustpilot. Archived from the original on 8 Jul 2025.
  6. "Further customer reviews on Trustpilot about unwanted rebilling around August for their Game Pass". Trustpilot. Archived from the original on 8 Jul 2025.
  7. "Reddit-Thread about NFL gamepass transition". Archived from the original on 1 Aug 2023.
  8. "German TrustPilot review complaining about increased subscription prices". TrustPilot. Archived from the original on 8 Jul 2025.
  9. "User comment on TrustPilot about the increase in price and switch to a monthly subscription model". Trustpilot. Archived from the original on 8 Jul 2025.