Purpose Due to the extreme competition in the e-commerce landscape, online companies
resort to driving extra profits by manipulating user decisions via manipulative user interfaces …

Dark patterns are deceptive design elements of digital choice architectures that are
implemented to drive users' actions towards decisions that are not necessarily in their best …

In the modern digital age, political parties extensively use websites as platforms for
communication, engagement, and fundraising. It is important to ensure that personal data is …

Browser fingerprint is often linked to privacy as it is a method to gather data about the
browser's configuration to identify the user. The browser's configurations, which are also …

The collection and processing of personal data by websites have due to their ubiquity
become subject to privacy regulations. In the European Union (EU), the ePrivacy Directive …

This master's thesis examines AI integrated marketing personalization and its relationship to
consumer privacy. The aim of the research is to enhance understanding on how …

Cookies on a website are basically text-based files whose purpose is to store sensitive data.
However, cookie disclaimers often use ambiguous words, so that users do not know what to …

This article offers a clear definition of dark patterns and a comprehensive classification
thereof using the framework provided by Directive 2005/29 on unfair commercial practices …

Disinformation is often de) ned as any “false information deliberately and often covertly
spread (as by planting the rumours) in order to in'uence public opinion or obscure the truth.” …