A recent FTC study finds some online retailers charging more if they think you and higher income, or live in a fancy zip code ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued orders for eight companies to provide information about surveillance pricing as it seeks to study the potential impacts such practices have on privacy ...

Key Findings on Surveillance Pricing . The initial report from the FTC on surveillance pricing reveals that online retailers frequently use personal data, such as browsing history and location, to ...

FTC launches probe into 'surveillance pricing' that it says links cost to customer data The agency says the practice allows companies to charge different customers different prices. FTC Chairwoman ...

Major retailers can tailor prices based on customer data including location, demographics or shopping history, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said in initial study findings, raising concerns abo… ...

The FTC said its study aims to reveal the inner workings of personalized pricing, a way of varying prices down to the individual level that has long been the holy grail of marketing.

The Federal Trade Commission uses a more Orwellian term for this: “surveillance pricing.” In July 2024 the FTC sent information-seeking orders to eight companies that “have publicly touted ...

The FTC also has another study, outstanding since December 2020, looking into the privacy practices of social media and streaming companies. The agency is also expected to finally issue a report ...

The FTC voted 5-0 to authorize the study, though the agency’s two Republican commissioners disagreed with the term “surveillance pricing,” calling it “personalized pricing.” The products ...

The FTC voted 5-0 to authorize the study, though the agency's two Republican commissioners disagreed with the term "surveillance pricing," calling it "personalized pricing." ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued orders for eight companies to provide information about surveillance pricing as it seeks to study the potential impacts such practices have on privacy ...