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Cecilia Isola

University of Genoa

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

3

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349

TOTAL CITATIONS

5

Scholarly Papers (3)

1.

Better Call Your Lawyer: Dark Patterns are Best Understood as Unfair Commercial Practices

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Jan 2025
Cecilia Isola and Fabrizio Esposito
University of Genoa and CEDIS - Nova School of Law
Downloads 259 (296,486)

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dark patterns, european law, consumer law, Regulation, design choice, taxonomy, unfair commercial practices, systematic literature review, conceptual analysis, private law

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A Systematic Literature Review on Dark Patterns for the Legal Community: Definitional Clarity and a Legal Classification Based on the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

Computer Law & Security Review, volume 58, 2025[10.1016/j.clsr.2025.106169]
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 Feb 2026
Cecilia Isola and Fabrizio Esposito
University of Genoa and CEDIS - Nova School of Law
Downloads 47 (1,133,231)
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dark patterns, addictive design, unfair commercial practices directive, ucpd, Digital Services act, DSA, deceptive design, consumer law

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Back to the Future-Proof: Four Reforms for the Better Regulation of Dark Patterns Under the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and Article 25 of the Digital Services Act

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Apr 2026
CEDIS - Nova School of Law, University of Genoa, Utrecht University and CEDIS - Nova School of Law - NOVA Consumer Lab
Downloads 43 (1,222,651)

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dark patterns, DFA, DSA, future-proof, regulatory coherence, UCPD, deceptive design, digital services act, unfair commercial practices, consumer law, consumer protection