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Our engine crawls your page, analyzes UI patterns, checks cookies, and maps findings to regulations.
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See your DarkLens Score, every issue found, which law it violates, and exactly how to fix it.
25 categories. Zero blind spots.
Every dark pattern taxonomy defined by the OECD, EU, and FTC — detected automatically.
Forced Action
Mandatory account creation, forced data sharing, or app-install walls.
Interface Interference
Prominent "Accept" with a tiny "Reject". Pre-checked boxes. Visual misdirection.
Nagging
Repeated permission requests, persistent pop-ups, and notification harassment.
Obstruction
Cancellation harder than signup. Deletion buried 5 clicks deep.
Sneaking
Hidden fees, undisclosed auto-renewal, bait-and-switch pricing.
Social Proof
Fake reviews, fabricated "X people viewing this", and artificial demand signals.
False Urgency
Fake countdown timers, "only 2 left" when there are 2,000. Scarcity theater.
Confirmshaming
"No thanks, I hate saving money." Guilt-tripping users into compliance.
Privacy Zuckering
Confusing privacy settings, dark defaults, and buried opt-out mechanisms.
Consent Manipulation
Pre-consent cookies firing, oversized "Accept All", and consent theater.
Browser Extension
Scan any page instantly from your browser with our official Chrome Extension. Perfect for internal staging environments.
Every finding maps to a specific regulation.
Not generic advice — specific, actionable, citable regulatory citations.
Compliance as code.
Plug the DarkLens API directly into your CI/CD pipeline. Catch dark patterns before they hit production.
The Ultimate Legal Insurance
Enterprise teams can't afford accidental FTC fines because a developer rushed a checkout flow. Our GitHub Action automatically scans every Pull Request.
- ✓ Fails the build if critical dark patterns are detected
- ✓ 99% reduction in manual compliance QA time
- ✓ Simple JSON REST API & SDKs available
- ✓ Dedicated "API Packs" for bulk scanning
name: Dark Pattern Auditon: [pull_request]jobs:compliance_scan:runs-on: ubuntu-lateststeps: - name: Checkout Codeuses: actions/checkout@v4- name: Run DarkLens Scanneruses: darklens-app/scan-action@v1with:url: 'https://staging-branch.myapp.com'fail_on_severity: 'high'env:DARKLENS_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.DARKLENS_API_KEY }}
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- ✓ 5 manual page scans / month
- ✓ Basic issue details
- ✗ Deep Scans
- ✗ Regulatory citations
- ✗ Code fix suggestions
Essential manual scanning
- ✓ 20 manual page scans / month
- ✓ All issue details
- ✓ Regulatory citations
- ✓ Fix suggestions with code
- ✓ "Dark → Fair" comparisons
- ✓ Shareable report link
Valid for 1 year
- ✓ 1 automated Deep Scan total
- ✓ 30 manual page scans total
- ✓ Cookie & consent scan
- ✓ Tracker detection
- ✓ Downloadable PDF report
Continuous manual coverage
- ✓ 3 Deep Scans / month
- ✓ 150 Manual Scans / month
- ✓ Compliance audit trail
- ✓ Trend dashboard
- ✓ Autopilot Add-on available
For teams & agencies
- ✓ 9 Deep Scans / month
- ✓ 500 Manual Scans / month
- ✓ Competitor benchmarking
- ✓ Priority support
- ✓ White-label reports
- ✓ Autopilot Add-on available
Set and forget monitoring
- ✓ 2 Automated Deep Scans / month
- ✓ Email alerts on new issues
- ✓ Saved dashboard history
- ✓ No base plan required
- ✓ Cancel anytime
High volume scanning
- ✓ Custom Deep Scan volume
- ✓ Custom Manual Scan volume
- ✓ API access
- ✓ CI/CD integration
- ✓ Dedicated Account Manager
- ✓ Custom integrations
- ✓ Service Level Agreement
- ✓ On-prem deployment options
Frequently asked questions
Yes. No credit card required. You get your DarkLens Score (0-100) and issue count. Upgrade to see specific findings, regulatory citations, and fix suggestions.
Tools like PageSpeed or Lighthouse check performance and accessibility. DarkLens specifically detects dark patterns — deceptive UI design that can get you fined under EU DSA, FTC Act, and 10+ other regulations worldwide.
EU DSA (Article 25), GDPR, US FTC Act (Section 5), CCPA/CPRA, UK DMCCA, India CCPA Dark Pattern Guidelines 2023, India DPDP Act, Australian Consumer Law, OECD Dark Pattern Taxonomy, and more.
Yes. Depending on your jurisdiction, they violate consumer protection laws. In the US, the FTC prosecutes them under Section 5 (deceptive practices). In Europe, the GDPR and the Digital Services Act (DSA) explicitly ban UI manipulation.
Yes. Beyond regulatory fines (which can reach 6% of global turnover under the EU DSA), there is a rapidly rising trend of class-action lawsuits in the US targeting companies for hidden subscriptions, forced continuity, and CCPA violations.
It is a deceptive design where signing up for a service is extremely easy (one click), but canceling is deliberately difficult (requiring phone calls, live chats, or burying the button). Regulators heavily target this under "Click to Cancel" mandates.
Article 25 of the DSA explicitly prohibits online platforms from designing, organizing, or operating their online interfaces in a way that deceives or manipulates users, or materially distorts their ability to make free and informed decisions.
Yes. Cookie consent managers only handle script blocking. DarkLens analyzes the entire DOM for behavioral manipulation—like fake urgency, confirmshaming, hidden fees, and asymmetric button designs—which standard cookie tools cannot detect.
No. DarkLens is an automated AI screening tool. Our reports identify potential compliance risks based on known regulatory frameworks, but do not constitute legal advice, certification, or guarantee of compliance. We always recommend consulting qualified legal counsel for critical findings.
Our AI engine is trained on the official OECD taxonomy and thousands of known dark pattern examples. We target 95%+ accuracy and continuously improve through user feedback. We are conservative — we would rather miss a pattern than flag a false positive.
If our system fails to complete your scan, you get an automatic full refund — no questions asked. For successfully completed scans, refunds are not available as the digital product has been delivered.
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