People know that once they publish something online, such content becomes “publicly available” and can be downloaded and re-used by others, for example, researchers and data scientists. The reality is far more complicated. And for us, finding a way to comply with data protection obligations and to respect the tenets of research ethics became an … Continued

Together with the manipulation experts Rachele Carli (University of Bologna) and Cristiana Santos (University of Utrecht), we have submitted our feedback to the “Guidelines 3/2022 on Dark patterns in social media platform interfaces: How to recognise and avoid them” elaborated by the European Data Protection Board. Read our public comments.

Dark patterns at the Luxembourg Privacy Salon The last edition of the Luxembourg Privacy Salon focused on dark patterns. Dr. Arianna Rossi led an interactive presentation with the audience. Watch the video to learn more about dark patterns and how they circumvent the data protection requirements of transparency, consent and privacy by default.