Consumer Watchdog Privacy In The News

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By Maya C. Miller, CAL MATTERS https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/08/california-surveillance-pricing-ban/ It's late at night, and you badly need a ride. Your cellphone's battery is dangerously low.  Should a ridehailing company such as Uber or Lyft be able to charge you more because its artificial...

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By Irina Ivanova, FORTUNE https://fortune.com/2025/07/16/delta-moves-toward-eliminating-set-prices-in-favor-of-ai-that-determines-how-much-you-personally-will-pay-for-a-ticket Delta has a long-term strategy to boost its profitability by moving away from set fares and toward individualized pricing using AI. The pilot program, which uses AI for 3% of fares, has so far been “amazingly...

By Justin Kloczko, SAN FRANCISCO STANDARD https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/05/27/were-not-watching-prices-prices-are-watching-us You’re at home, scrolling online to find a nearby store to buy a TV. You find one, drive to the store and park, then pull up the same TV on your phone.  The price jumps...

By Queenie Wong, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-05-12/dystopian-aesthetic-in-california-sam-altmans-eye-scanning-orbs-spark-curiosity-and-resistance Earlier this month, a mysterious store selling a vision of the future opened its doors in downtown San Francisco's Union Square district.  A cryptic message appeared on the storefront window: "World is the real...

By Justin Klozcko, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/04/california-data-privacy-protections-crossroads/ Let’s say you work in the food service industry for a large company, whose scheduling software assigns shifts to workers. For you, which shifts you receive mean everything because much of your salary depends on...