Deceptive Patterns
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Clothing retailer Next requires users to tick some checkboxes and untick others in order to opt out from marketing emails.

Author
theya222
Date
7 Feb 2019
Publisher
Reddit

“Next requires users to tick a series of four checkboxes to opt out of marketing communications, but then requires users to leave the fifth checkbox unticked to opt out. If they are not paying close attention, they will opt in by mistake.”