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Initial cooling-off period

The 14 days after sign-up, when a customer may end the subscription and get back everything they paid. Using the app during the trial does not end this right, so the sign-up screen has no box for giving it up. Terms, clause 4.2 · Chapter 5 · see Renewal cooling-off period

Explained in Chapter 5, DMCC Act Subscriptions: Trials, Reminders and Exit, of Consumer Terms.

How it comes up, in Chapter 5
The initial cooling-off period runs from the day of sign-up. The renewal cooling-off period runs from the first monthly payment. The law treats the end of a free trial as a renewal, because paying starts there.
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