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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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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 31 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Why only for groceries?

In the interest of keeping markets fair, it should be illegal across the board to change prices depending on who the customer is*. The price is the price, as it should be in a free and fair market.

*Though I think I'd still allow for rewards/loyalty card programs and coupons given to frequent customers and that sort of thing -- with the distinction being it's something that the customer explicitly opts in to. And a restriction that these programs can only ever lower prices, never raise them.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

Don't let perfection be the enemy of good. Keep pushing for better consumer protections.

I actually would like to prevent loyalty card programs from lowering your price. Just call it a sale.

They want to harvest your data and sell it. And you know as sure fuck they aren't going to shit to protect it.

[–] viov@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Step by step it will get there. This needs to be told to whoever got this to happen! And also to improve this

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Step by step is the typical weak Democrat policy. They make tiny incremental changes that are so small that nobody will ever notice. The Democratic party needs to pass legislation that is not afraid of making changes because big changes are needed desperately.