Jan 15, 2025 · Resources on the FTC's research, inquiries, and statements about surveillance pricing practices. Americans deserve to know whether and how businesses are using consumers’ detailed personal information—such as their location, demographics, and browsing history—to categorize individuals and set targeted prices for products or services.

Jan 17, 2025 · 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.

Jan 15, 2025 · First, as enforcers work to root out harmful pricing practices, it is critical to gain a clearer understanding of surveillance pricing. The FTC's new Junk Fees Rule makes clear that when consumers don’t know the price they are paying upfront, harm can quickly follow.

Jan 19, 2025 · FTC reveals companies use personal data like location and browsing history to set individualized prices. Ongoing study focuses on intermediary firms.

Jul 23, 2024 · The Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that it’s ordering eight companies that offer “surveillance pricing” to turn in information about their practices, as the agency investigates potential impacts on privacy and consumer protection.

Jul 23, 2024 · The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it’s ordering eight companies that offer AI surveillance pricing products and services to turn over information about the impact these...

Sep 23, 2024 · Lina Khan says the FTC is investigating surveillance pricing. Here’s how that could affect you. At the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Khan, who chairs the Federal Trade Commission,...

Jul 23, 2024 · 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...

Jul 23, 2024 · The Federal Trade Commission is launching an investigation into so-called “surveillance pricing,” seeking more information about how artificial intelligence is used to change pricing...

Jul 23, 2024 · The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an investigation into "surveillance pricing," a phenomenon likely familiar to anyone who's had to buy something in an incognito browser window to avoid paying a premium.