On January 17, 2025, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the preliminary observations and findings from its ongoing study of surveillance pricing.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued orders for eight companies to provide information about surveillance pricing as it seeks to study the potential impacts such practices have on privacy ...

The FTC’s press release refers to this conduct as “ surveillance pricing,” and says the study will “ shed light on the shadowy ecosystem of pricing middlemen.” ...

A new study from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is shedding light on "surveillance pricing," a growing practice in which online retailers "rapidly" adjust pricing based on the movements and ...

The companies who have insight into surveillance pricing are a mixture of software companies, banks and consultancies. The FTC called up its subpoena-level data request powers to order Mastercard, ...

Surge pricing could be coming to an airline near you 05:42. Specifically, the FTC is asking the companies named in its inquiry to provide information on the surveillance pricing products and ...

Federal Trade Commission FTC has initiated another 6b study relating to surveillance pricing products and services and their potential impact on consumer protection ...

FTC commissioners voted 5-0 to authorize the study, although its two Republican-appointed commissioners disagreed with the term "surveillance pricing" and instead called it "personalized pricing." ...

Major retailers can tailor prices based on customer data including location, demographics or shopping history, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said in initial study findings, raising concerns abo… ...

The FTC said its study aims to reveal the inner workings of personalized pricing, a way of varying prices down to the individual level that has long been the holy grail of marketing.

FTC launches probe into 'surveillance pricing' that it says links cost to customer data The agency says the practice allows companies to charge different customers different prices. FTC Chairwoman ...