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Regulatory Announcements- FTC Holds September Open Commission Meeting and Votes to Approve Government and Business Impersonation Fraud NPRM, Gig Work Policy Statement,...

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released a Bringing Dark Patterns to Light report, detailing the rise in sophisticated “dark patterns” that the FTC asserts are designed to...

For some time now, dark patterns have been quite the trending topic for both marketers and privacy professionals. Regulators have frequently railed against dark patterns that purport to manipulate user choices...

The Federal Trade Commission released a report Thursday on how companies deploy “dark patterns” in advertising for enticing potential customers, manipulating them into making purchases, and making them give up their privacy in the process.

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission released a staff report, Bringing Dark Patterns to Light, which highlights the FTC's concern about markers' increasing use of so-called "dark patterns"...

On September 1, the FTC issued an administrative complaint and consent order alleging that a credit services company harmed consumers by making false claims of "pre-approved"...

We are not quite at the Matrix moment of a red pill/blue pill choice yet, but we are moving closer every day to the possibility of a fully immersive virtual world.

The FTC probe centers on Amazon's allegedly misleading tactics around its sign-up and cancellation process for Prime and other subscription services.

On July 8, the CPPA officially began the formal rulemaking process for new privacy regulations—many of which operationalize new CPRA requirements.