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Published on September 6, 2022 AUTHOR - Privacy Research Team
On 14 March 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) released guidelines titled Dark Patterns in Social Media Platform Interfaces: How to recognize and avoid them. These Guidelines provide best practice recommendations to designers and social media platform providers on how they can assess and avoid dark patterns in social media interfaces that violate the requirements of the GDPR.
Dark patterns are interfaces and user experiences that lead social media users into making unwilling and potentially harmful choices regarding the processing of their personal data. Dark patterns aim to hinder users’ ability to make a conscious choice with respect to their personal data and ultimately take away users’ control for the protection of their personal data.
The EDPB has recognized six major categories of dark patterns
As per the Guidelines, social media platform providers and designers should avoid the use of any dark patterns and ensure to provide a clear choice to users with respect to their personal data.
Some of the best practices recommendations as per the Guidelines are:
Ask for a DEMO today to understand how Securiti can help you achieve compliance with the provisions of the GDPR. In today’s digital world, it is important for organizations to implement privacy-compliant user interfaces and website designs and obtain consent as per the applicable legal requirements. Securiti’s Consent Management Solution enables you to design consent banners as per the applicable geographical requirements and avoid the use of dark patterns that can manipulate a user’s choice.
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