The government has banned the use of "dark patterns" by e-commerce and other online platforms. These purposefully designed deceptions manipulate customers into signing up for or purchasing things they ...

The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) conducted a session on “Dark Patterns and Strategies to Implement the Guidelines” on June 18. The session aimed to discuss the issues related to dark patterns ...

The central government has asked e-commerce companies to undergo self-audits to ensure that their platforms are free of dark pattern-like trade practices. Dark patterns are manipulative tools and ...

23 companies, including Zepto, Eternal's Zomato and Blinkit, Rapido, Paytm, have agreed to comply with guidelines and integrate them into their internal governance and mechanisms From food delivery ...

The government has banned the use of 'dark patterns' by e-commerce and online platforms. These deceptive practices manipulate customers into purchasing products they didn't intend to or lure them into ...

India’s Department of Consumer Affairs on October 26 launched a hackathon to help spot dark patterns on e-commerce websites. The Dark Patterns Buster Hackathon 2023 is being conducted in collaboration ...

New Delhi: The government has called major e-commerce platforms for a meeting to push for stronger measures against dark patterns as well as to discuss penal actions for regulatory violations, the ...

CCPA has issued an advisory to all ecommerce firms to take necessary steps to ensure that their platforms do not engage in deceptive and unfair trade practice All ecommerce platforms have been advised ...

Union Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, urged all leading online retail platforms to comply with the government’s rules regarding ‘dark patterns’. He warned that failure to adhere ...