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EFF Urges SF to Ban Surveillance Pricing as Board Stalls

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from EFF ·

EFF supports California's A.B. 2654, which would ban surveillance pricing—charging different prices based on personal data. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors stalled a resolution backing the bill after opposition from the Chamber of Commerce. The FTC found companies may use such data to charge parents more for baby thermometers in times of need.

Meridian48 take
The tech industry's defense that surveillance pricing can lower costs ignores the fundamental privacy violation and potential for exploitation.
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