A cookie banner pops up when a user visits a website for the first time, requesting consent to
the use of cookies and other trackers for a variety of purposes. Unlike prior work that has …

Dark patterns and digital nudging are persuasive techniques that influence customer
decision-making in the digital world. This study analyzed 80 articles published in reputed …

Today most websites in the EU present users with a consent banner asking about the use of
cookies or other tracking technologies. Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) need to ensure …

An online world exists in which businesses have become burdened with managerial and
legal duties regarding the seeking of informed consent and the protection of privacy and …

Legal frameworks rely on users to make an informed decision about data collection, eg, by
accepting or declining the use of tracking technologies. In practice, however, users hardly …

To protect user privacy, legislators have regulated the use of tracking technologies,
mandating the acquisition of users' consent before collecting data. As a result, websites …

The California Consumer Privacy Act and other privacy laws give people a right to opt out of
the sale and sharing of personal information. In combination with privacy preference signals …

Data protection risks play a major role in data protection laws and have shown to be suitable
means for accountability in designing for usable privacy. Especially in the legal realm, risks …

Laws like GDPR in the EU mandated all websites operating in their jurisdiction to obtain
users' informed consent before tracking those users and collecting their data. Today, this is …

In the modern web, users are confronted with a plethora of complex privacy-related
decisions about cookies and consent, often compounded by misleading policies and …