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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
The FTC recently held a workshop titled “Bringing Dark Patterns to Light,” a recording of which can be found at the following link. The workshop centered around exploring the effects of digital “dark patterns” on consumers and the marketplace.
The term “dark patterns” refers to a range of potentially deceptive website design tactics that can manipulate consumers’ behavior or limit their autonomy. Dark patterns can deceive consumers into purchasing, sharing, or agreeing to items consumers did not intend to purchase, share, or agree to. Dark patterns are also employed to make it confusing or difficult to terminate agreements or subscriptions. Increasingly, companies are also using dark patterns to manipulate consumers into giving up their personal data, which is sold and then used to target advertising and manipulate future behavior.
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In a previous update, we provided a comprehensive round-up of several notable pending US state privacy laws. We are checking-in on the progression of some of those laws in this further update. The next installment will update the remaining state laws in progress.
New Laws
Virginia
The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”) was signed into law on March 2, 2021, making Virginia the second US state after California to pass a comprehensive data privacy law. Those familiar with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will recognize terminology throughout the CDPA, mimicking many GDPR-defined terms, such as “controller”, “processor” and “personal data.” While not quite as expansive as the GDPR in every respect, the CDPA is a broad-based privacy law that is on par with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). For our summary of the CDPA, please see our