The Price Tag Is Watching

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A television doesn't become better because you enter a parking lot. But your arrival can tell a seller something about you.

Surveillance pricing means software uses personal data to offer different customers different prices for the same goods or services. Instead of just pricing the television, the system prices the person buying it.

Congratulations: you are now the expensive accessory.

On 12 November, NYC Council passed legislation to prohibit that practice in the city. The ban is not yet in force.

Genuine loyalty rewards and qualifying group discounts remain permitted; this isn't a police raid on your coupons.

The Council cites an investigation in which a television's price rose from $499.99 to $599.99 when the shopper entered the store's parking lot. It does not name the retailer in its release.

Apparently arriving to buy something was the luxury upgrade.

The Council says the city's consumer protection department could investigate and impose penalties up to $1,000 per violation. Each affected consumer or transaction could count separately.

The useful distinction: a disclosed discount isn't the same as secretly using personal information to change someone's price. Compare offers, keep screenshots, and remember that Council passage doesn't mean protection has started.

Source: https://council.nyc.gov/press/2026/11/12/3339/

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