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EU data protection
fromwww.amny.com
16 hours ago

One Fair Price': How Letitia James, NY pols are looking to stop algorithmic pricing known to inflate prices on what you like to buy | amNewYork

New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing legislation to ban algorithmic pricing that charges different prices to individual consumers based on their personal data.
#dynamic-pricing
fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago
E-Commerce

The secret reason your delivery order costs more than your neighbor's

Companies increasingly use personalized data and algorithms to charge different prices to different customers for identical products, often without transparency.
fromFast Company
4 months ago
Privacy technologies

Surveillance pricing could make markets more equitable. Here's how

Surveillance pricing uses personal data to charge individualized prices based on predicted willingness to pay, raising efficiency, equity, privacy, and regulatory concerns.
E-Commerce
fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago

The secret reason your delivery order costs more than your neighbor's

Companies increasingly use personalized data and algorithms to charge different prices to different customers for identical products, often without transparency.
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Privacy professionals
fromForbes
1 month ago

Algorithmic And Surveillance Pricing Pushes Retail Into Legal Minefield

Widespread AI implementation can transform retail operations, enable personalized pricing, boost revenue, but raises fairness, discrimination, and privacy legal risks prompting regulatory scrutiny.
Business
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Instacart's price testing controversy isn't over

Instacart's price tests charged different customers different prices for identical items, prompting a New York AG probe into possible violations of the Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act.
fromenglish.elpais.com
6 months ago

A new frontier of potential abuse': Is it legitimate to charge someone flying to a funeral more than a leisure traveler?

The expert wonders what would happen if a customer suffers the death of a relative and receives an email with available funeral services. The airline might know that customer wants to go to a funeral and decide to charge them more. This is one of the new frontiers of potential abuse that we have to be on guard against, she warned.
Privacy professionals
Privacy technologies
fromFast Company
7 months ago

Companies use this sneaky pricing trick to overcharge you. One lawmaker wants it banned

Surveillance pricing adjusts consumer prices based on personal data, prompting new legislation to curb this practice.
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