Dark patterns are a Canadian legal problem now
Canada’s privacy regulator reviewed 145 Canadian sites in 2024. Ninety-nine percent had at least one dark pattern. Here is what the OPC found and five things to audit on your own.
Canada’s privacy regulator reviewed 145 Canadian sites in 2024. Ninety-nine percent had at least one dark pattern. Here is what the OPC found and five things to audit on your own.
AI engines don’t just read your pages. They verify your business exists. For Canadian agencies managing bilingual properties, building that chain of trust is already half done.
Three homegrown Canadian typefaces, three different stories. One set a constitution. One became a design-industry standard. One rewired what a national typeface is supposed to do.
Canada introduced Bill C-34 on June 10. It would bar children under 16 from social media accounts, require platforms to design for child safety, and regulate AI chatbots for the first time.
Canada’s federal privacy law was written in 2000. Three bills to replace it died in 2025. Your data is still governed by rules that predate the smartphone.