How Instacart Uses 'Dark Patterns' to Encourage Shoppers to Buy More
Study finds Instacart uses more dark patterns than any other online grocery website, such as a countdown to get free delivery.
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Study finds Instacart uses more dark patterns than any other online grocery website, such as a countdown to get free delivery.
The FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Criminal Liaison Unit highlighted figures in its Criminal Liaison Unit Report. This report emphasized the FTC’s growing concern over deceptive negative option marketing and its intended aim to push egregious cases to prosecutors.
Subscription style services that renew automatically from month to month are all the rage but regulators increasingly view them with suspicion. The FTC and some states have taken action to help implement the following types of consumer protections for auto renewal programs.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a Consumer Financial Protection Circular reminding financial institutions are covered persons that negative option marketing can be a violation of the Consumer Financial Protection Act, pursuant to the CFPB’s authority.
On December 19, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Epic Games Inc. (Epic) over its wildly popular game “Fortnite.” The settlement requires Epic to pay...