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Venmo: Automatically opts you in to receive “prescreened” credit card offers

Author
Dark Patterns Tip Line
Date
2 Jun 2021

“Automatically opts you in to receive “prescreened” credit card offers, and makes it very difficult to opt out.”

Venmo was reported to the Deceptive Design Tip Line over how it handles credit card marketing. According to the report, the service automatically opts users in to receive “prescreened” credit card offers and makes it very difficult to opt out.