The Norwegian Consumer Council is an organisation which oversees consumer issues across various markets in Norway. It is very active against dark patterns and publishes its findings and resources on deceptive and cunning design in a segment of their website which may be found here. In their ‘Deceived by Design’ report, they chronicle how tech companies utilise dark patterns to prevent users from exercising their rights to privacy. Their work includes: Enough deception! Norwegian consumers’ experiences with deceptive design (2022) Insert coin: How the gaming industry exploits consumers using loot boxes (2022) You can log out, but you can never leave: How Amazon manipulates consumers to keep them subscribed to Amazon Prime (2021) Deceived by design: How tech companies use dark patterns to discourage us from exercising our rights to privacy (2018) Complaints are accepted in English and Norwegian and can be filed here: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/how-to-complain

The BEUC has played a part in the fight against dark patterns by giving feedback on the ‘Guidelines 3/2022 on Dark Patterns in Social Media Platform interfaces: How to Recognise and Avoid Them’, where they push for privacy-by-default principles to be upheld, reiterating that refusing consent should be as easy as giving consent, and also offering practicable recommendations on how these laws can be better enforced and reformed. Some of their work includes: ‘Dark Patterns and the EU Consumer Law Acquis’ (2022) Presentation on the negative effects of dark patterns on the consumer and the digital single market at large (2022)