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![$3.31 Billion in Dark Pattern Fines: The Full Case List [2026]](/_astro/dark-pattern-fines-and-cases-2026.DzPrV2ck_Z9Uyfc.webp)
Eight confirmed FTC dark pattern settlements disclosed since 2020 total $3.31 billion, led by Amazon's $2.5 billion Prime case, per PrivacyTerms.io's compilation of Federal Trade Commission press releases and consent orders. See every case, the mean-versus-median gap, and how the total has grown since 2020.
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85% of EU and UK websites run a cookie banner that fails GDPR's minimum bar for valid consent, according to Aarhus University's CHI 2025 study of 254,148 sites tested in August-September 2024. See which specific defects, missing reject buttons, pre-ticked boxes, ignored refusals, have already triggered real fines in France, Italy, Belgium, and Spain.
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60% of the 439 mobile games audited in a 2025 international sweep sent nagging notifications urging players to reopen the app, per the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network. See the disclosure gap, iOS vs Android comparisons, and what the largest academic app crawls found.
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About 76% of the retailer and subscription websites and apps examined in a 2024 global sweep by 27 consumer protection authorities used at least one dark pattern, per the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network. See why independent studies put the number as low as 11%, and which specific dark pattern type is most common.
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FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson says the agency is about to bring more privacy cases than it can easily track in the second half of 2026. Four enforcement actions since March, against Match/OkCupid, Kochava, Amazon and RentGrow, show what is already driving the surge.
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Roughly 76% of websites and apps examined by global consumer watchdogs use at least one dark pattern, and the FTC's Amazon Prime settlement alone cost $2.5 billion in 2025. See prevalence rates, the biggest fines, and how regulators define a dark pattern.
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