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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
J.R. Duren

Surveillance pricing set to be banned in Maryland. Could this signal the end of the predatory retail practice?

Your favorite online grocer or retail store might be secretly raising prices on you - and one state has had enough.

Maryland lawmakers approved a bill earlier this month that will ban surveillance pricing: the practice of raising individualized prices online, based on a shopper’s habits and personal information. The practice can cost shoppers as much as $1,200 a year, a study from consumer watchdog Consumer Reports found last year.

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