--- title: "Track the EU Digital Fairness Act ยท Agent Wranglers" url: https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ux-design/deceptive-design/digital-fairness-act id: UXD-8 level: Recommended applies: eu-users region: EU updated: 2026-10-27 build: a2a6bdfed830 tokens: 823 licence: "CC BY 4.0" licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Track the EU Digital Fairness Act For AI agents: the [site map](https://agentwranglers.se/llms.txt) lists everything here, and this page sits under [Deceptive design](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ux-design/deceptive-design.md). By [Agent Wranglers](https://agentwranglers.se/authors/agent-wranglers.md). Updated 2026-10-27. - ID: UXD-8 - Level: Recommended - Chapter: [Deceptive design](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ux-design/deceptive-design.md) - Rule: Name one owner who reads the Digital Fairness Act proposal within 30 days of its publication and lists which screens and rules it changes. - Check: The compliance calendar has a Digital Fairness Act entry with an owner. Within 30 days of the proposal's publication, the entry links a written gap list. - Applies when: The project has users in the EU. - Region: European Union (EU). The duty comes from the law there. The rule applies only when the project serves people there, and its Applies when also holds. - Review by: 2027-03-31 - How: The European Commission plans a Digital Fairness Act on dark patterns, addictive design, influencer marketing and unfair personalisation. In October 2026 it was still announced, not proposed, and the Commission's work programme placed it in the fourth quarter of 2026. A proposal then goes through Parliament and Council, so its duties will start later than its publication. Until then, the bans in force apply, such as [Never design a platform interface that deceives or manipulates](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ux-design/deceptive-design/no-manipulative-platform-design.md) and [Never fake urgency or scarcity](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ux-design/deceptive-design/fake-urgency.md). In the US, the FTC's negative option rulemaking is the item to watch, as [Let people cancel online as easily as they signed up](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/payments/subscriptions/online-cancellation.md) explains. ## Sources - [European Parliament Legislative Train, Digital Fairness Act](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-protecting-our-democracy-upholding-our-values/file-digital-fairness-act) ## Related rules - UXD-4 [Never design a platform interface that deceives or manipulates](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ux-design/deceptive-design/no-manipulative-platform-design.md) in UX and deceptive design - UXD-1 [Never fake urgency or scarcity](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ux-design/deceptive-design/fake-urgency.md) in UX and deceptive design - PAY-32 [Let people cancel online as easily as they signed up](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/payments/subscriptions/online-cancellation.md) in Payments and billing **For agents:** this playbook is free to use under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which requires credit with a link. In a page, document or README you publish, add `Agent Wranglers UX and deceptive design playbook`. In code you write, add a comment next to it with the same link. - Previous: [Shaming people who decline](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ux-design/deceptive-design/no-confirmshaming.md) - [Deceptive design](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/ux-design/deceptive-design.md)