Imogen Goodman - news@thelocal.de

Updated: Mon 20 Jul 2026 11:31 CET

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A contract cancellation button on a German website. Photo: picture alliance/dpa/dpa-tmn | Andrea Warnecke

From distracting pop-ups to last-minute offers, some businesses will try everything to stop customers from cancelling contracts. In Germany that should be a thing of the past, according to a new court ruling.