Watchdog | Digital ecosystems, anti-competitive conduct and dark patterns

Maddocks on the Mic

In this episode of the Watchdog Podcast series, privacy expert and Partner Sonia Sharma returns to the mic with series host and Partner Shaun Temby to talk about Digital ecosystems, anti-competitive conduct and dark patterns.

Since the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued a recent report on the expanding ecosystems of digital platform service providers as part of its five-year Digital Platform Services Inquiry, Shaun and Sonia discuss some of the strategies available to digital platforms to “lock-in” consumers, including bundling, self-preferencing and pre-installation, all of which have attracted the ACCC's attention.

More information on Partner Shaun Temby here. More information on Partner Sonia Sharma here.

Here's a link to the ACCC's report: Expanding digital platform ecosystems to be examined by ACCC

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