Post #4277049
2026-07-30 12:57 UTC
In the letter, EFF explains that claims that surveillance pricing will *lower* prices are overblown and not borne out by evidence. But more importantly - as EFF points out - privacy is a human right, and the idea that you should have to give up your privacy to get a fair price is just a fancy way of saying that privacy should be the exclusive preserve of people who can afford to pay more:
https://www.eff.org/wp/privacy-first-better-way-address-online-harms#Legislation
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr 2026-07-30 12:57
EFF's letter goes on to address the Chamber's objections. Far from creating uncertainty about which conduct the bill addresses, AB-2564 crisply defines surveillance pricing as: > a customized price for a good for a specific consumer or group of consumers based, in whole or in part, on personally identifiable information collected through electronic surveillance. 19/