FTC says retailers use consumer data for ‘surveillance’ pricing
Major retailers can tailor prices based on customer data including location, demographics or shopping history, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said in initial study findings, raising concerns
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.
FTC says partnerships like Microsoft-OpenAI raise antitrust concerns
The Federal Trade Commission said in a staff report issued Friday that there are potential competitive issues in partnerships ...
FTC orders Genshin Impact's developer to block young teens from making in-game purchases
Kids and younger teens might soon be unable to play Genshin Impact's gachas. The developer behind the game has agreed to ...
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." ...
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 ...
FTC Sues PepsiCo, Alleging It Gave Walmart Unfair Pricing Advantage
Outgoing agency Chair Lina Khan has filed a raft of measures during her last week in office.
FTC sues PepsiCo, alleges 'rigged' soft drink competition
The Federal Trade Commission on Friday filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo, Inc., alleging the company engaged in illegal price ...
FTC orders GM to stop collecting and selling driver’s data
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced action against General Motors (GM) and its subsidiary, OnStar, for unlawful ...
FTC sues Pepsi for illegal pricing practices, driving inflation
The FTC is suing PepsiCo for allegedly rigging the market by offering “unfair pricing advantages” that can contribute to ...
Pepsi hurt small businesses by giving big-box retailer financial advantages, the FTC claims
The commission alleges that the retailer, whose name was redacted in the statement from commissioners, received “unfair pricing advantages” that were not made available to others.
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Genshin Impact Publisher Hit With $20M FTC Fine for Marketing Loot Boxes to Children
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that companies misleading players about the “true cost of in-game transactions” ...