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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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[-] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 15 hours ago

These include electronic shelf labels, which advocates have warned could allow companies to instantly change grocery prices based on the time of day, weather, and other factors that influence consumer demand.

“Digital price tags are replacing paper ones. It’s happening because we are having cameras that are watching aisles, it’s happening because we have apps that are moving from search-based to predictive,”

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this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2026
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