The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs is cracking down on dark patterns, which are deceptive design tactics used by e-commerce platforms. In a significant move to safeguard consumer rights, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Web Foundation‘s Tech Policy Design Lab is working on an interesting-looking project to counter deceptive design — aka dark patterns* — with the goal of producing a portfolio of UX and UI ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pattern—the global leader for ecommerce acceleration—today published its first Ecommerce Executive Strategy Snapshot: an analysis of the most common growth challenges ...

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi states that companies must not wait for the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) to intervene Noting that there has been a significant surge in consumer complaints ...

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 ...