FTC, Surveillance and Consumer Data

FTC: Companies Are Using Your Data to Set Individualized Prices
The FTC report says that "Americans deserve to know how their private data is being used to set the prices they pay and whether firms are charging different people different prices for the same good or service.
FTC Says Consumer Data Is Behind ‘Surveillance’ Pricing
Major retailers can tailor prices based on customer data including location, demographics or shopping history, the US Federal Trade Commission said in initial study findings, raising concerns about the use of what they termed “surveillance pricing.
FTC Release: FTC Surveillance Pricing Study Indicates Wide Range of Personal Data Used to Set Individualized Consumer Prices
The agency details interim insights from staff perspective examining how companies track consumer behaviors to inform surveillance pricing The Federal Trade Commission's initial findings from its surveillance pricing market study revealed that details like a person's precise location or browser history can be frequently used to target individual consumers with different prices for the same goods and services.
FTC study finds intermediaries survey consumer habits to advise retailers on price
Third-party intermediaries are keeping close tabs on your location, browsing history, even on the unpurchased items in your online shopping cart to give retailers the data they need to charge consumers different prices for the same products.

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FTC's 'click to cancel' just kicked in, but unsubscribing may not get easier just yet - here's why
The ruling, which went into effect this week, requires businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up for ...
FTC Takes On Deere & Co. In New Right-To-Repair Fight
The agency filed suit against Deere over its software repair tool, only available to authorized repair shops, which has led ...
Private-Equity Firm Welsh Carson Settles FTC Monopolization Case
The regulator revived claims that the firm tried to monopolize the Texas anesthesia-provider market after a judge had ...
This property manager operating in Wisconsin is being sued by the FTC. What to know.
The FTC said property manager Greystar charged consumers hidden fees adding up to "hundreds of millions of dollars." ...
UnitedHealth Charged Cancer Patients 5000%, Bombshell FTC Report Claims
The FTC report found that from 2017 to 2022, three PBMs—UnitedHealth Group's Optum, CVS Health's CVS Caremark and Cigna's ...
FTC refers Snap complaint alleging its chatbot harms young users
In a rare move, the FTC issued a statement that revealed it referred a complaint against Snap to the DOJ, alleging an ...
Bassinet backlash reflects debate over adding fees to connected devices
Some experts see the addition of subscription fees to the popular Snoo bassinet as an example of how the smart device ...
Fearing AI Will Take Their Jobs, Workers Strategize for a Long Battle Against Tech
At a landmark gathering in California, workers discussed defenses against artificial intelligence and surveillance technology ...