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Exploring the intersection of ethics, design, and compliance in the digital world

Dark Patterns and Young Minds: Claire Quinn's Take on Online Safety

In this episode of "Fair Patterns: Regain Your Freedom Online," we are joined by Claire Quinn, Chief Privacy Officer at Privo and former Chief of Safety at WeWorld.

Deceptive patterns: how can we make choices fairer online?

In the latest ‘Top of the Agenda’ podcast, Dr. Helen Jenkins, Marie Potel-Saville, and Dr. Anastasia Shchepetova discuss how deceptive online patterns exploit user biases and ways to create fairer digital choices.

Ethical Design: X principles and how to apply them

In today's digital age, the importance of ethical design cannot be overstated.

What are the Basic Principles of UX and UI Design?

In the realm of digital interfaces, user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design are paramount.

Five Tips to Avoid Dark Patterns in Your Consent Interfaces

As a digital marketer, legal director, or head of UX, you understand the importance of obtaining user consent for data collection and processing.

Dark Patterns UX: The Dark Side of User Experience

In the ever-evolving world of digital interfaces and online experiences, the term "user experience" (UX) is often synonymous with positive, intuitive, and user-friendly design.

Innovating Legal Design: A Human-Centric Approach

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the intersection of law and technology presents both challenges and opportunities for innovation.

Dark Patterns in Web Design: the Tricks and Why You Say Yes

In the digital world, web design plays a crucial role in user experience (UX), guiding users through web interactions in a way that should be intuitive and enriching.

Paavana Kumar on How are Businesses Navigating the Dark Patterns Maze.

In this episode of "Fair Patterns: Regain Your Free Will Online," Paavana Kumar, Partner at Davis + Gilbert, and Marie Potel-Saville, Founder of Amurabi & Fair Patterns, engage in a comprehensive discussion about dark patterns and deceptive online practices.

Harry Brignull on What's the Future of Online Manipulation Fight.

We discuss dark patterns issues with Harry Brignull, who coined the term "dark pattern" and has been exposing deceptive user interfaces since 2010.

February 14, 2024

Cindy Cohn on Dark Patterns and Digital Freedoms

In this episode we interview Cindy Cohn, the Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a towering figure in the battle for privacy and civil liberties.

February 7, 2024

Marie Potel-Saville Joins EDPBs Pool of Experts on Dark Patterns

Our founder, Marie, has been selected to be part of the European Data Protection Board’s Support Pool of Experts (“SPE”) in the field of dark patterns.

November 15, 2023

Dries Cuijpers on How Regulators at Tackling Dark Patterns

In this episode, we interview Dries Cuijpers, a senior enforcement official at the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets, who shares insights on the prevalence and harms of dark patterns in e-commerce, emphasizing the importance of fairness and transparency in digital consumer interactions.

October 10, 2023

Colin Gray on How ight we Create a Common Language on Dark Patterns.

Marie Potel speaks with Colin Gray, Associate Professor at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington and Director of the human-computer interaction design program.

September 12, 2023

Anastasia Shchepetova and Lirio Barros on Are Dark Patterns Profitable from an Economic Standpoint.

In this episode, we dive into the economics behind dark patterns with Marie Potel and her guests, Anastasia Shchepetova and Lirio Barros, both consultants in economics and finance at Oxera.

Raashee Gupta Erry on Dark Patterns in Digital Marketing

In this episode, we interview Raashee Gupta Erry, a marketing, advertising, and consumer privacy expert with significant experience at the Federal Trade Commission, where she focused on deceptive and dark patterns.

What Are Dark Patterns and Why Should Everybody Care?

This term was coined in 2010 to describe “tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn’t mean to, like buying or signing up for something”.

Gabriel Voisin and Alexandre Vuchot on Are Dark Patterns Illicit.

Marie Potel welcomes Gabriel Voisin and Alexandre Vuchot, partners at Bird & Bird specializing respectively in data protection, cyber security & privacy, and consumer law.

Fair Patterns: the platform that helps rid the world of dark patterns

We built the Fair Patterns platform to stop Dark Patterns from undermine user autonomy online.

Arianna Rossi on What are Dark Patterns in Privacy.

Marie Potel welcomes Arianna Rossi to talk about the criteria based on which dark patterns can be identified.

Celia Hodent on Why Should we Fight Dark Patterns.

In this very first episode, Marie Potel and her guest, Celia Hodent, psychologist specialized in UX games, independent consultant as a game UX strategist, and founder of GDC UX summit talk about the detrimental impacts of dark patterns on user experience and why companies should care about it in a long run strategy.

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