EST. MMXXVI · A PUBLIC RECORD
2 CONFESSIONS · 42 CASESConfess
CR-01125.06.MMXXVI

Accept was a big green button. Decline was grey text behind a second screen called 'manage preferences,' where every toggle defaulted on. I presented it to legal as compliance and to my team as visual hierarchy. Consent was manufactured at industrial scale.

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Source European Data Protection Board, Report of the work undertaken by the Cookie Banner Taskforce (2023)

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Cookie coercionConsent manufactureDark patterns

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