Topic
Dark Patterns
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Duff on Hospitality Law
Online Travel Update: Kayak Grows Development Team, and Fareportal’s Use of “Dark Patterns” Results in $2.6 Million Payment
By Greg Duff
This week’s Update features a variety of topics, including Fareportal’s deceptive sales tactics and Expedia’s self-proclaimed collaborative approach. Enjoy.Kayak Grows Development Team(“People on the move at KAYAK, ESA,” March 18,…
Consumer Protection Connection
EDPB on Dark Patterns: Lessons for Marketing & Technical Teams
“Dark patterns” – social media platform interfaces that can lead users to make unintended and potentially harmful decisions regarding the processing of their personal data – are a subject of…
Global Policy Watch
EDPB Publishes Draft Guidelines on the Use of “Dark Patterns” in Social Media Interfaces
By Nicholas Shepherd, Dan Cooper
On March 21, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published its draft Guidelines 3/2022 on Dark patterns in social media platform interfaces (hereafter “Guidelines”, available here), following the EDPB’s plenary session held…
Inside Privacy
EDPB Publishes Draft Guidelines on the Use of “Dark Patterns” in Social Media Interfaces
By Nicholas Shepherd, Dan Cooper
On March 21, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published its draft Guidelines 3/2022 on Dark patterns in social media platform interfaces (hereafter “Guidelines”, available here), following the EDPB’s…
Ad Law Access
Fareportal to Pay $2.6 Million Over Dark Patterns
Last week, the New York Attorney General announced that Fareportal had agreed to pay $2.6 million to end an investigation over its use of “dark patterns” to manipulate…
Byte Back
How do the CPRA, CPA & VCDPA treat dark patterns?
By David Stauss [Former Attorney], Stacey Weber
Keypoint: The CPRA and CPA introduce the concept of dark patterns into state consumer data privacy laws although this area has come under increased attention recently with FTC enforcement actions…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
Fitness App Agrees to Pay $56 Million to Settle Class Action Alleging Dark Pattern Practices
On February 14, 2022, Noom Inc., a popular weight loss and fitness app, agreed to pay $56 million, and provide an additional $6 million in subscription credits to settle a…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Fitness App Agrees to Pay $56 Million to Settle Class Action Alleging Dark Pattern Practices
On February 14, 2022, Noom Inc., a popular weight loss and fitness app, agreed to pay $56 million, and provide an additional $6 million in subscription credits to settle a…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Attorneys General to Increase Enforcement Efforts on “Dark Patterns”
On January 24, 2022, a group of state attorneys general announced their commitment to ramp up enforcement work on "dark patterns" that are used to ascertain consumers' location data.
Ad Law Access
Dark Patterns: A New Legal Standard or Just a Catchy Name? (Part Two)
In Part One of this discussion, we provided background on the concept of dark patterns and analyzed some recent examples from State AG enforcement. We concluded that, in alleging dark…