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Basket sneaking
Adding extra items, fees or donations to your cart without your consent.
Checked in our scorecardPhone case₹399
✓Order protection₹29
✓Donate to charity₹5
Total₹433
An example
A shopping app adds a ₹29 "protect your order" fee to your cart without asking. This example is made up.
How to spot it
Read your cart line by line before you pay. Remove anything you did not choose.
What the law says
Listed as a specified dark pattern in the Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns, 2023, issued by India's Central Consumer Protection Authority.