CAADCA Section 1798.99.31(a)(5)(B) - Prohibition of Nudge Techniques
Businesses must not use dark patterns, manipulative design, or nudge techniques to lead children into weakening privacy settings or providing unnecessary personal information
Where this comes from
Provision: Section 1798.99.31(a)(5)(B) - Prohibition of Nudge Techniques
Instrument: California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AB 2273)
Citation: Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.99.31(a)(5)(B), California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AB 2273)
Text version: California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, AB-2273 (2022); Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.99.28–1798.99.40
Who it applies to
It applies when all of these are true:
- Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Default profile visibility: private (not public)
- Default data sharing: off (opt-in, not opt-out)
- Default location tracking: off
- Default contact discoverability: off
- User can change any default via settings
Questions people ask
- Does CAADCA Section 1798.99.31(a)(5)(B) - Prohibition of Nudge Techniques apply to my service?
- It applies when Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18.
- From when does this apply?
- CAADCA Section 1798.99.31(a)(5)(B) - Prohibition of Nudge Techniques applies from 1 July 2024. Its current status is: in force.
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