Deceptive patterns in consent dialogs on children's websites

Suvi Lehtosalo, Daniel W. Woods*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract / Description of output

Many privacy and data protection laws, such as Article 8 GDPR and the CCPA, establish different requirements when establishing a legal basis for collecting personal data about children. Our study asks whether and how children s websites collect consent. We conduct an automated analysis of 2, 066 educational and gaming websites, and a manual analysis of 13 large sites. We measure the prevalence of deceptive patterns identified in prior work, plus a new design consideration, whether the dialog is addressed to the child user s parent or guardian. A small minority of websites address dialogs for children, which suggest the majority of children s websites in our sample may not comply with Article 8 GDPR.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationINFORMATIK 2023 - Designing Futures
Subtitle of host publicationZukünfte gestalten
EditorsMaike Klein, Daniel Krupka, Cornelia Winter, Volker Wohlgemuth
Place of PublicationBerlin, Germany
PublisherGesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)
Pages537-548
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9783885797319
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Sept 2023
EventINFORMATIK 2023: Designing Futures - Berlin, Germany
Duration: 26 Sept 202329 Sept 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings - GI-Edition
PublisherGesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)
ISSN (Print)1617-5468

Conference

ConferenceINFORMATIK 2023
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerlin
Period26/09/2329/09/23

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • child protection
  • data protection
  • internet measurement
  • online consent

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