A deceptive design pattern or dark pattern is a method employed
by companies to make consumers do unintended things or to make it
harder to do what they intended to do. Examples include free trial
subscriptions which eventually turned out to be pricey and charged
automatically to credit cards; additional charges or items
appearing when proceeding to check out online shopping carts;
accepting unwanted conditions and so on.
In order to prevent customers in Singapore from being subject to
fraudulent or dishonest business tactics, the country will
implement consumer protection measures, as reflected by the
UK-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement signed between both
countries in June 2022. This may necessitate revising the
Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act of 2003 to include
black-and-white designs.
