Recently introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate would ban so-called “surveillance pricing,” mirroring a companion House bill and marking the ...

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The convenience of smart devices has transformed our daily lives, from asking Alexa about the weather to having our fitness trackers monitor our sleep. But beneath this seamless integration of ...

A Rhode Island bill aims to ban "algorithmic pricing," which uses personal data to set online prices. This practice, also known as "surveillance pricing," can use a shopper's location, browsing ...

Attorneys at Wiley Rein LLP discuss federal and state efforts to address dynamic pricing, also known as algorithmic or ...

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The data broker Kochava has negotiated a privacy settlement with Federal Trade Commission lawyers over the alleged sale of geolocation data, according to court papers filed Thursday. The deal has not ...

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