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Dark Patterns: Identifying, Avoiding, and Minimizing Legal Risk (On-Demand)

General Credits:
Original Date Of Course:

$199.00

Course Description

This course will cover the current legal landscape regulating dark patterns in digital design. Starting with common types of dark patterns, the speakers will highlight key U.S. laws, regulatory guidance and recent legal actions. Attendees will learn how dark patterns relate to privacy laws and consumer protection laws and associated compliance challenges that organizations face in detecting and avoiding dark patterns.

The course will offer practical techniques for auditing digital platforms for use of dark patters and highlight key industry and regulatory recommendations to support ongoing compliance.

Principles

  • Examination of dark patterns
  • Regulatory landscape
  • Compliance challenges
  • Legal risks and consequences
  • Future trends and developments
  • Best-practice recommendation for avoiding dark patterns

Syllabus

  1. Examination of dark patterns
    • Definition and history
    • Common types of dark patterns
  2. Regulatory landscape
    • Current U.S. laws
    • Recent enforcement and legal actions
  3. Compliance challenges
    • Identifying dark patterns in digital platforms
    • Tools and techniques for auditing and monitoring
  4. Legal risks and consequences
    • Potential legal liabilities for businesses, including class action risks
    • Consumer protection laws and privacy laws
  5. Future trends and developments
    • Emerging regulatory trends
    • High risk areas for further enforcement and other legal challenges
  6. Best-practice recommendation for avoiding dark patterns

Credit Details

Course Type

Course Instructor

Julia B. Jacobson, Esq., Kyle R. Dull, Esq.
Original Date Of Course

General Credits

2
Julia B. Jacobson, Esq.
Julia B. Jacobson, Esq.
Julia B. Jacobson, Esq. is a partner in the Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets Practice, where she advises national and multinational organizations on privacy and cybersecurity compliance strategies, data breach response, technology transactions, and marketing initiatives. She has designed and implemented compliance programs addressing evolving privacy laws including the California Consumer Privacy Act, the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, and industry standards such as the NIST cybersecurity frameworks, while also counseling clients on privacy considerations in areas including artificial intelligence, vendor management, and ESG programs.
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Kyle R. Dull, Esq.
Kyle R. Dull, Esq.
Kyle R. Dull, Esq. is a senior associate in the Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets Practice who brings strategic counsel informed by his background as an enforcement lawyer at the Florida Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division. He holds certification as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (IAPP CIPP/US) and advises industry-leading companies, mid-market organizations, and startups on domestic and international privacy laws, consumer protection regulations, and marketing compliance strategies.
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