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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 Here we go again! On March 15 th, 2021, the California Department of Justice (“Department”) announced approval of modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) regulations, originally introduced in December of 2020.  The new regulations mainly modify provisions related to a consumer’s right to opt out of sale of their personal information, with the aim of “protecting consumers from unlawful business practices that may be deceptive...

» California is banning companies from using dark patterns, a sneaky website design that makes things like canceling a subscription frustratingly difficult California is banning companies from using dark patterns, a sneaky website design that makes things like canceling a subscription frustratingly difficult Allana AkhtarMar 17, 2021, 00:47 IST Xavier Becerra testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to become Secretary of Health and Human Services on February 24, 2...

16 March 2021, 10:30 am EDT By Have you experienced a strange encounter such as subscription cancelation that seems to come out from nowhere? You might be facing "dark patterns," where users are tricked into something that could benefit them in terms of customer service, but may actually invade their privacy. California Passes Banning of Dark Patterns (Photo : Negative Space from Pexels) In line with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) of 2018, California has now officially passed the b...

California now bans companies from using "dark patterns," or website designs that can confuse users into opting into selling their information.

Featured Video Hide “Dark patterns” are deceptive practices that are intended to trick, frustrate, or obfuscate users attempting to unsubscribe or opt-out of things online. One example of a “dark pattern” is a maze of pages you have to navigate through before finally reaching the option to delete an account. Advertisement Hide Specifically, the new regulations will prohibit businesses from using methods that are “designed with the purpose or h...

FTC Shines Light Inside ‘Dark Patterns’ Move over cookies, fingerprinting, ad trackers—there’s an old species of internet chicanery in town Everything Old … It’s hard to find a nongovernmental clearing house filled with useful and unbiased information. Normally we find ourselves running around the same circuit of trusted watchdog organizations for source material. But we’re happy to say we’ve found a brand-new resource for our gentle readers to check out: darkpatterns.org. Launc...

Edward Segal, Crisis Management Expert Edward Segal, Crisis Management Expert Washington, DC Saturday, January 9, 2021 The takeover Wednesday of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters provides several crisis management lessons, according to crisis management expert and author Edward Segal. In a story on Forbes.com where he is a Leadership Strategy contributor, Segal writes, "there are several important crisis management lessons for business leaders when they have to confront c...

Eight snarky things done on the internet. From @Seachjacking  1)            Dark Patterns video  https://youtu.be/kxkrdLI6e6M  Features designed to get web visitors to do thins they might not want to do .  Color ques can get you to do things that you think are simple choice until the buy and charge my credit card is the same, but shown a Continue"when in fact that bills your credit card. 2)            Credit card pass...