On July 10, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the results of two global internet sweeps that examined the prevalence of certain deceptive design practices, or “dark patterns,” within a ...

A Europe-wide sweep of high-street traders of clothes, food, electronics and cosmetics, found no Irish infringements of underhand ‘dark patterns’ that trap consumers into a purchase CCPC warns of ...

An EU-wide effort including Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has been launched to curb the growth of "dark patterns" on online shopping websites. The term describes ...