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Consequences Of Choices Explained
Group: policy-and-protection • Guideline: risk
Summary in Plain English
Choices with legal, financial, privacy or security consequences come with a description of the benefits, the risks and what may follow.
Why It Matters
Interfaces routinely present consequential choices as routine ones. An explicit description is what protects people who take the interface at its word.
Choices with legal, financial, privacy, or security consequences are accompanied by a description of the benefits, risks, and potential consequences when users make the choice.