Topic
Dark Patterns
144 published works
Eye On Privacy
What’s the Big Deal About Dark Patterns?
By Liisa Thomas
Dark patterns have been a recent regulatory focus. The FTC issued an enforcement policy late last year, and the European Data Protection Board followed suit with guidelines this spring. The…
ContractsProf Blog
Hila Keren on Luguri & Strahilevitz on JOTWELL
From time to time, JOTWELL provides reviews by contracts profs on recent contracts law scholarship. A recent example is an essay by Hila Keren (left), Vast Scale Undue Influence, reviewing…
CyberAdviser
Webinar Recording – Dark Patterns: Legal & Regulatory Update
By Philip N. Yannella, Gregory P. Szewczyk
https://player.vimeo.com/video/708320366?h=aeb73e9046&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 In this initial episode of Ballard Spahr’s new privacy and data security webcast series, Phil Yannella and Greg Szewczyk – co-chairs of the Privacy & Data Security Group –…
All About Advertising Law
Intuit Will Pay $141 Million in State Attorneys General Settlement Over Deceptive TurboTax Advertising
By Mary M. Gardner, Leonard L. Gordon
"Free" must mean free? Last week, the attorneys general for all 50 states and the District of Columbia announced a settlement with Intuit, Inc., the owner of TurboTax, which will…
Privacy World
“Dark Patterns” Are Focus of Regulatory Scrutiny in the United States and Europe
By Kyle Dull
Dark patterns are top of mind for regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, federal and state regulators are targeting dark patterns as part of both…
Consumer Privacy World
“Dark Patterns” Are Focus of Regulatory Scrutiny in the United States and Europe
By Kyle Dull, Squire Patton Boggs
Dark patterns are top of mind for regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, federal and state regulators are targeting dark patterns as part of both…
Data Protection Report
“Dark patterns?” EDPB draft guidance sets out its expectations on subliminal privacy eroding practices
The EDPB has published draft guidance on “dark patterns” in social media (the Guidelines) for consultation. The Guidelines consider in detail common social media interfaces that present the content of…
The Data Advisor
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Alleges Dark Patterns in Advertising of Financial Products; Files Suit Against TransUnion and Senior Executive for Violating Order
By David Cornell, Maneesha Mithal, Christopher Olsen
On April 12, 2022, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit against TransUnion, two of its subsidiaries, and former TransUnion executive John Danaher in his individual capacity…
All About Advertising Law
Latest CFPB Lawsuit Sheds Light on Digital Dark Patterns
By Alexandra Megaris, Leonard L. Gordon
A lawsuit filed by the CFPB last week against a national credit reporting agency provides some insight into the types of website features and designs that regulators like the Consumer…
IT Law Blog
European Data Protection Board has adopted new guidelines: Article 60 GDPR, “dark patterns”
Please click here to read the details. On the 15th of March the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has announced that the following developments were adopted: Guidelines on Article 60…