{"id":266727,"date":"2023-10-28T18:19:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T12:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=266727"},"modified":"2023-10-28T18:19:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T12:49:53","slug":"dark-pattern-sales-deemed-cybercrime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dark-pattern-sales-deemed-cybercrime\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark pattern sales deemed \u2018cybercrime\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cDark pattern sales deemed \u2018cybercrime\u2019<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>\u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 28th October 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Consumer Affairs Secretary has said that the dark patterns practices carried out by airlines and travel portals can be called a “cybercrime.”<\/span><\/p>\n

What are Dark Patterns?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Click Here to read<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

What are Dark Pattern practices used by Airlines?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Indigo website: <\/b>It uses false urgency to make customers feel they must pay an extra fee for a seat as all free seats appear unavailable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Even if there are four or five available free seats, they are displayed at the bottom of the page making them harder to find.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Passengers can click “skip” at the end of the seat selection but they aren’t clearly told that they’ll be automatically assigned a free seat if they don’t pay the extra fee.<\/span><\/p>\n

SpiceJet’s booking website:<\/b> It encourages passengers to buy travel insurance by using phrases like “I will risk my trip” if they decide not to make the purchase.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 This creates a sense of fear suggesting that not getting the insurance could be risky or harmful for the trip.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the Parliamentary Committee recommendations on ticket prices of Airlines?<\/b><\/h2>\n

1.Airlines must display seat-wise airfares to ensure transparency.<\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/span>Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA)<\/span> should ensure proper implementation of the Aircraft Rules, 1934 to ensure that airlines earn only a reasonable profit while pricing their tickets.<\/span><\/p>\n

3.Effective mechanism should be there to address consumer grievances in a time-bound manner.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cDark pattern sales deemed \u2018cybercrime\u2019\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 28th October 2023 Why in the News? The Consumer Affairs Secretary has said that the dark patterns practices carried out by airlines and travel portals can be called a “cybercrime.” What are Dark Patterns? Click Here to… Continue reading Dark pattern sales deemed \u2018cybercrime\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,1738,1],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-266727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1698487869,"cached_date":1698659700},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}