NYC Bans Surveillance Pricing, Fining Companies $1,000 Per Violation
NYC Council passes ban on 'surveillance pricing'
New York City's Council passed a bill banning surveillance pricing — charging shoppers different prices based on algorithms or personal data like browsing history, credit, and location. Fines reach $1,000 per violating transaction, and the ban covers both online and in-store sales. Speaker Julie Menin called it an "insidious and predatory corporate practice" that worsens the affordability crisis. Mayor Zohran Mamdani backs the ban; business groups warn it could hurt loyalty discounts, though Menin says discounts stay legal.
New Yorkers' personal data should never be used as a weapon against their own pocketbooks.
- gnabgib
NY state did it in June https://gothamist.com/news/ny-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-surveill... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48443192)
The part of the headline you dropped (that relies on personal data) is the new part
- steveBK123
So will this impact Uber that does some extremely shady stuff around your profile / phone type / battery life / account history / micro location / etc to tease out level of desperation & price elasticity.
- stemc43
We should be doing this on the federal level we should not be doing it on the city level.
- iloveyoutwo
This is a good step.
Ban facial recognition by the government on civilians and ban Flock and similar. But they aren't interested in limiting their own power.
- stemc43
We need us gdpr General data protection legislation