Maryland Becomes First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing for Groceries | Common Dreams
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A new law will ban retailers from using shoppers' personal data to hike grocery prices. But consumer advocates argue that it contains far too many loopholes that companies could exploit.​

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.

  • fpslem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    so if you shoplifted in a Nottingham Tesco’s, be prepared to be banned from Sainsbury’s in Swansea

    This got a genuine chuckle from me, I love a bit of good writing in the wild!

      • fpslem@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        I was in a small town in Maine that did that informally, there were a handful of shops and a ban at one store was applied everywhere. They all had signs warning about the policy. It was apparently very effective.