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FTC: Dot Com Disclosures
Documents clear and conspicuous online disclosures, proximity to relevant claims, prominence, unavoidable disclosures, and material terms in online transactions.
Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark-pattern consent | Flag this anti-pattern when accepting optional consent is one click but declining, customizing, or withdrawing requires extra pages, hidden links, confusing labels, or repeated confirmation. | Acceptance, rejection, customization, and withdrawal must be reachable with comparable effort for optional purposes. | Supports clear and conspicuous disclosures, proximity, prominence, and avoiding hidden material terms. |
| Legal acceptance | Choose legal acceptance when the user must expressly agree to terms, conditions, contracts, policies, disclosures, or an updated legal document before proceeding. | The legal acceptance control starts unchecked unless a current acceptance record already exists for the same user, document, version, and scope. | Supports clear and conspicuous material terms, proximity, and prominence. |
Evidence Role
This source is treated as platform-guideline evidence. Use it to validate the decision rules above, not as a visual style reference.
Publisher: Federal Trade Commission. Last checked: .