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 3, 2020 — Early this month, The Ethical Design Handbook joined the Smashing Library of essential books for designers and developers. Changes around the world have meant changes in the book release, but readers love it so far! Ethical Design principles are timeless and we are seeing the results of that during an unprecedented time of change. 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…

December 3, 2019 — Today, we broadcasted a live session on privacy UX, highlighting privacy UX patterns and strategies to consider when designing and building privacy-aware websites and apps. Read more…

July 24, 2019 — Join us for an informal get-together, moderated by Vitaly Friedman, exploring questions you have, and the problems that we all need to address. With Trine Falbe, Laura Kalbag, Heather Burns, Cennydd Bowles, Stuart Langridge and Morten Rand-Hendriksen. 1.5h conversation. Free for everyone. Read more…

May 23, 2019 — Do you know what kinds of cookies collect information from your site? If your site is currently not in compliance, start using CookiePro’s cookie consent tool to get your sites moving in the right direction. 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…