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Change.org
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007-February-7 |
| Legal Structure | Non-profit |
| Industry | |
| Also known as | |
| Official website | https://www.change.org/ |
Change.org is a website which allows users to create and sign petitions in an attempt to advance various social causes by raising awareness and influencing decision-makers.
Consumer-impact summary
- Buisness model - Lets people host their own petitions hoping to get signatures and possibly change laws.
- Privacy Policy - Gets geolocation data to show local petitions that may be of interest and things like postal address and telephone number are optional.[1]
- Profit - Has a subscription service to help it keep running, but some people have had issues of them billing even though they closed down their account.[2]
Incidents
Forced retention of payment methods
A user on Trustpilot has claimed that they have been charged monthly even though they chose a one-time payment option and have found no way to cancel, which is known as forced retention of payment methods.[2]
See also
Forced retention of payment methods
References
- ↑ "Privacy Policy". Change.org. Archived from the original on 15 Feb 2026. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "I believe this site to be a very clever scam". Trustpilot. Retrieved 28 August 2025.