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Consumers have grown accustomed to a hyper-individualized shopping landscape in which personalized advertisements and custom ...
A Federal Trade Commission report showed something known as “surveillance pricing” could cost customers more depending on where they live.
“The FTC should continue to investigate surveillance pricing practices because Americans deserve to know how their private data is being used to set the prices they pay and whether firms are ...
A new bill aims to stop 'surveillance pricing,' which leverages AI to charge customers different prices based on their personal data.
The "Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act of 2025" would prohibit companies from using artificial intelligence to set prices based on consumers' personal information.
Perhaps notably, Republican FTC commissioners voted against releasing the report outlining potential concerns with AI surveillance pricing and wage setting.
“Surveillance pricing” — adjusted to what an individual customer is likely to pay — drew inquiries from the Biden administration. Now companies may feel emboldened to lean in.
The Federal Trade Commission is considering a petition to vacate its 2021 order banning a spyware company and its leader from any surveillance-related business after it allegedly harvested user ...
A Federal Trade Commission report showed something known as “surveillance pricing” could cost customers more depending on where they live. It’s when online stores use data, such as location ...
Congressman Gregorio "Greg" Casar, a Democrat from Texas, recently announced that he wants to work towards banning surveillance pricing at a federal level. To do so, he introduced the Stop AI ...