By Sara Brandstätter ( November 9, 2026, 14:20 GMT | Insight) -- Digital businesses would be explicitly banned from a range of practices, including fake contact notifications, persistent scarcity messages during checkout and disproportionately complicated opt-out processes, under draft EU Digital Fairness Act annexes seen by MLex. The proposal, still subject to change before Wednesday’s scheduled presentation, would expand the current list of practices considered "unfair in all circumstances."Digital businesses would be explicitly banned from a range of practices, including fake contact notifications, persistent messages throughout the ordering process designed to create an impression of scarcity, and disproportionately complicated steps to refuse, withdraw or change a choice, leaked annexes to the EU Digital Fairness Act seen by MLex show....
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