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Maryland Becomes First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing for Groceries (www.commondreams.org)
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A new law will ban retailers from using shoppers' personal data to hike grocery prices—but consumer advocates warn it contains loopholes that companies could exploit.

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[–] boogiebored@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

all companies are in the data business now. that IS the business.

i told a friend maybe 2 years ago that mcdonalds app and changing to digital drive thru menus would mean they could change prices at any time and even per customer. he thought it would be “too difficult”