Dark Patterns: Challenges for Peruvian Consumer Law in the Digital Era

Silva G.R. · Estudios de Deusto (2026) · DOI: 10.18543/ed.3593

Resumen

E-commerce in Peru has transformed consumer relations, introducing new risks for users. Among these, dark patterns stand out as digital design strategies that manipulate decision-making through cognitive biases, undermining consumer autonomy and the right to information. This article, adopting a dogmatic and comparative legal approach, examines the regulatory gaps within the Peruvian framework regarding these practices and the limitations of their effective enforcement. Drawing on experiences from the European Union, the United States, and Chile, it proposes a normative definition of dark patterns and identifies key regulatory challenges. © Universidad de Deusto • ISSN 0423-4847 • ISSN-e 2386-9062, Vol. 74/1, enero-junio 2026 http://www.revista-estudios.deusto.es/

Instituciones: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú