Govt Confirms 26 Online Marketplaces Free Of Dark Patterns
Twenty-six leading e-commerce companies, including Zepto, Zomato, Flipkart and JioMart, have declared their platforms free of dark patterns under 2023 regulations.
E-commerce & Marketplaces
Companies
CCPA Fines FirstCry Rs 2 Lakh For Unfair Trade Practices
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- September 27, 2025
The matter arose from a consumer complaint that FirstCry displayed products with the representation ‘MRP inclusive of all taxes,’ while an additional GST was levied on the discounted price at checkout
Companies
Consumer
Health & Beauty
CCPA Fines VLCC Rs 3 Lakh For Misleading Fat-loss Ads
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- August 23, 2025
The authority says that the advertisements of VLCC projected CoolSculpting and related procedures as a permanent weight-loss and size-reduction solution
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Consumer
consumer
E-commerce & Marketplaces
CCPA Warns Ecommerce Firms, Seeks Dark Pattern Audit In 3 Months
- by BW Retail World Bureau
- June 7, 2025
The ecommerce platforms, based on the self-audit reports, have also been encouraged to give self-declarations that their platform is not indulging in any dark patterns