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FTC Surveillance Pricing Study Indicates Wide Range of Personal Data Used to Set Individualized Consumer Price


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The Federal Trade Commission’s initial findings from its surveillance pricing market study revealed that details like a person’s precise location or browser history can be frequently used to target individual consumers with different prices for the same goods and services.

The staff perspective is based on an examination of documents obtained by FTC staff’s 6(b) orders sent to several companies in July aiming to better understand the shadowy market that third-party intermediaries use to set individualized prices for products and services based on consumers’ characteristics and behaviors, like location, demographics, browsing patterns and shopping history.

 

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The Federal Trade Commission’s initial findings from its surveillance pricing market study revealed that details like...

 

 

 

Burried in the article is a link where the ftc would like people to comment on their experience with targetted pricing.

 

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I'm glad this is catching the spotlight and it sounds like they are looking for insider information.

 

I think bank loans are the most entrenched entity doing this.  It's certainly not a flat rate for everyone deal.

 

I'm glad Lina Khan is starting to show some teeth.  I just hope there's some bite to back it up.  I'm afriad there won't be though.  The report has anonimized the companies doing it because how they make their decisions is a 'trade secret'.  If they aren't willing to name and shame, what possible outcomes can there be?

 

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On 18/01/2025 at 16:15, Kaz said:

 

WWW.FTC.GOV

The Federal Trade Commission’s initial findings from its surveillance pricing market study revealed that details like...

 

 

 

Burried in the article is a link where the ftc would like people to comment on their experience with targetted pricing.

 

WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV

 

I'm glad this is catching the spotlight and it sounds like they are looking for insider information.

 

I think bank loans are the most entrenched entity doing this.  It's certainly not a flat rate for everyone deal.

 

I'm glad Lina Khan is starting to show some teeth.  I just hope there's some bite to back it up.  I'm afriad there won't be though.  The report has anonimized the companies doing it because how they make their decisions is a 'trade secret'.  If they aren't willing to name and shame, what possible outcomes can there be?

 

Hum i wonder if amazon is not doing something like this.  A few time i added stuff to my cart price increased massively. Then after removing it dropped back as fast a few days/week later.

 

Thank you for helping us with news posting.🙂

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The problem is that the system is designed for end users not to know.  If you know, they screwed up.  The only real way to check would be to have a seperate computer/VM, with a VPN and different account.  It would also take conscious effort to move the mouse and interact with the computer differently.  I've also seen amazon prices change on things, but I've no idea why. 

 

This reminds me of Walmart.  They used to charge different prices for things depending on where it was in the store.  There were 3 different prices for electrical tape, depending on if it was in automotive, electronics, or home improvement.  None of them would be the same 'brand' and none of them would have the other brand anywhere within eyesight.  Supposedly Walmart quit doing that, but it might have been because they didn't tell employees not to advertise it.  I only knew about the different prices because an employee told me where I could find it, and that it was probably the cheapest at the home improvement section.  I saw the same thing with wasp spray.  Much cheaper in the general home cleaning isle, than it was in the outdoor section.  People going to outdoor to get it are going to buy it regardless of the cost.  People in the home cleaning isle will buy it as an afterthought.

 

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You are welcome. I'd like to see this site thriving!

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15 hours ago, Kaz said:

The problem is that the system is designed for end users not to know.  If you know, they screwed up.  The only real way to check would be to have a seperate computer/VM, with a VPN and different account.  It would also take conscious effort to move the mouse and interact with the computer differently.  I've also seen amazon prices change on things, but I've no idea why. 

 

This reminds me of Walmart.  They used to charge different prices for things depending on where it was in the store.  There were 3 different prices for electrical tape, depending on if it was in automotive, electronics, or home improvement.  None of them would be the same 'brand' and none of them would have the other brand anywhere within eyesight.  Supposedly Walmart quit doing that, but it might have been because they didn't tell employees not to advertise it.  I only knew about the different prices because an employee told me where I could find it, and that it was probably the cheapest at the home improvement section.  I saw the same thing with wasp spray.  Much cheaper in the general home cleaning isle, than it was in the outdoor section.  People going to outdoor to get it are going to buy it regardless of the cost.  People in the home cleaning isle will buy it as an afterthought.

 

You are welcome. I'd like to see this site thriving!

Happy that we have the same goal let make this site the best around 😀.

 

I also noticed that Indeed the job website is blocking some offer to me that my friend see. Tried being offline or on my account even reset all my account detail and the company page show 0 offer while my friend as like 10.

 

So i think it ways more common than we think. Am an overthinker so i spot that kind of scam pretty easily when i catch the patern.

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