CategoryPrivacy

October 11, 2021 — A “dark pattern” is a deceptive UX pattern that tricks users into doing things they may not really want to do. In this article, Alvaro Montoro does a little experiment to find out how much privacy is taken away from users across three different browsers. Read more…

September 20, 2021 — Content scraping is a fact of life on the Internet. When you think of web scraping, you probably do not think about the scrapers turning around and immediately serving your entire, whole page content on another website. But what if your site content is being re-published? It might be already happening. Read more…

August 26, 2021 — The Web is still wrestling with issues we take for granted offline, privacy chief among them. These are steps The New York Times took to protect users’ data, and how you can too. Read more…

March 1, 2021 — As digital practitioners, GDPR has impacted every facet of our professional and personal lives. Whether you’re addicted to Instagram, message your family on WhatsApp, buy products from Etsy or Google information, no one has escaped the rules that were introduced in 2018. Read more…

February 22, 2021 — As digital practitioners, GDPR has impacted every facet of our professional and personal lives. Whether you’re addicted to Instagram, message your family on WhatsApp, buy products from Etsy or Google information, no one has escaped the rules that were introduced in 2018. Read more…

December 16, 2020 — Today, we’re going to look at “The Website Dilemma”. In other words, is it possible to build an authoritative, lead generating, high converting website without manipulating visitors into doing what you want? If you follow social media’s lead, they’re one and the same. If you’d prefer not to trade your customers’ well-being for profit, keep reading. Read more…

April 7, 2020 — In this episode of the Smashing Podcast we’re talking about online privacy. What should web developers be doing to make sure the privacy of our users is maintained? Drew McLellan talks to an expert on the subject, Laura Kalbag, to find out. Read more…

March 10, 2020 — Meet “Ethical Design Handbook”, our new practical guide on how to help companies grow sustainably with honest digital products. Without dark patterns, with ethics in mind, and ready for GDPR and CCPA. Read more…

April 25, 2019 — In this final article of the series, we’ll look into notifications UX and permission requests, and how we can design the experience around them better, with the user’s privacy in mind. Read more…

April 18, 2019 — This third article of the series explores some of the respectful ways on how to deal with cookie consent prompts, push notifications, and third-party tracking. Read more…