Tagged “dark-patterns”
2 posts
Glasshouse: Audit Any Website for GDPR Violations in 90 Seconds (and File a DPA Complaint in Two More)
Open-sourcing the privacy auditor I used to scan 10 popular websites (all 10 failed) — plus the DPA complaint builder that turns a scan into a ready-to-file dossier.
|26 min readCookie Banner Dark Patterns in 2026: How They Work, Why Regulators Are Cracking Down, and How to Build Symmetric Consent
I scanned 10 popular consumer sites for dark patterns. All 10 failed at least one EDPB criterion; half had a reject path that did not actually delete tracking cookies. The CSS, the GDPR violations, and what symmetric consent costs.
|20 min read