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Seattle City Council votes to ban surveillance pricing in sale of groceries

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-09-23 Cached

Seattle City Council passed the Fair Pricing and Transparency Act to ban surveillance pricing in groceries, prohibiting personalized pricing based on consumer data. Supported by Consumer Reports, the bill aims to protect shoppers from unfair data-driven price differences.

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Virginia bans sale of geolocation data

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-07-02 Cached

Virginia has banned the sale of geolocation data by amending the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, joining other states in similar legislative efforts amid increasing regulatory scrutiny on location data.

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