Page 14 - Dark Patterns News Today

With the rampant use of social-media and online platforms as advertising and marketing tools, we are no strangers to the methods deployed by websites…

Wake up, its almost Christmas! Will you spend the holidays playing as Deku in Fortnite? Also, a tribute to Ash Ketchum as he retires from Pokémon.

Epic Games announced that it reached a settlement with the FTC that will require it to pay a total of $520 million dollars to resolve allegations of federal privacy law violations and other unfair and deceptive privacy practice claims related to Fortnite.

Epic Games, creators of the popular battle royale game Fortnite, has been ordered to pay $US 520m in fines and refunds after complaints over children&...

Previously nothing more than an academic description of certain kinds of aggressive online marketing, “dark patterns” are now giving the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) cause to pursue...

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the California Privacy Protection Agency’s revised draft regulations for the California Privacy Rights Act, the Federal Trade...

BOISE – The Idaho Department of Finance in partnership with the Idaho Scam Jam Alliance will offer one finalevent in 2022 to educate Idahoans about how to protect themselves against

On November 3, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a $100 million settlement with Vonage, a provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to residences and...

On November 3, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a Complaint and Stipulated Order in federal court against an internet phone service provider to stop it from imposing junk fees...

On November 1, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission hosted their annual PrivacyCon, which was available to the public via webcast. Topics presented included consumer surveillance, automated decision making systems, children’s privacy, virtual reality, dark patterns, and adtech