Re: Lina Khan reveals: How businesses may be using your data to rip you off (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Don't know if I want to watch this.  It sounds too depressing.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:26:05 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:23:24 +0000 (UTC)
 >  > From: Robert Reich <http://www.imcivicaction.org/~robert>
 >  > 
 >  >  This week, join former FTC Chair Lina Khan to explore the shady world of 
 >  >  surveillance pricing
 >  >  Inequality Media
 >  > 
 >  >  Dear Noelle,
 >  > 
 >  >  We have a special treat for you this week, as former Federal Trade 
 >  >  Commission Chair Lina Khan joins us to talk about the shady world of 
 >  >  surveillance pricing.
 >  > 
 >  >  Go undercover with us to discover this clandestine new method corporations 
 >  >  may be using to charge you more for certain products than they charge 
 >  >  someone else.
 >  > 
 >  >  Businesses are gathering enormous amounts of personal information about you 
 >  >  online, which they can use to predict your personal “pain point” – 
 >  >  the highest amount you’ll be willing to pay for a good or service.
 >  > 
 >  >  In today’s video, we reveal these shady methods corporations are using 
 >  >  that you may not even be aware of. Check it out, then share it on social 
 >  >  media to spread the word. We deserve to know how our personal data is being 
 >  >  used! 
 >  >  ,https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.Khhv6i-A6kGAx4x-ts_8mgPgtKrXX2Xg0WbM2BRGSf59mEpGxbQsRzhZQxxxSfYIIRZQneoYAoYO84Muc2AS3MaPaBmBFwEcnXUeIDyHTYy1T7t8QdU-wlE01lb8DSQdpzqNDB2Kq28ONgNsPeIUhZ99sTUOsWprPT8jhEIxF4P-0fp3iP0EoxQeCy_ovPWR4lWKc8OyzZeAJ2V-oijAr7usaqqtZeceDvQvXKxyfykWVGBcOMvPUDC8z5J1mZgUqMRR0BcwkVFDcvqVJpMvoX0QgD1M4_7N9CsawQqQRkykRHoZ7KbYWIZg4OAns9gZCmQB6ldTa2EpVcIQeBMsq_mv8poLEJZk87B1d6SLtrxTjAcM3290cv_ZtaDKcfE5/4h8/ODPKg4ytSO6ErF-aadmW_w/h0/h001.dHcGsXrIXBYl2lAAHbmLoQlR6X5FYBsChNB5Y3qXpNA
 >  >  ,https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.Khhv6i-A6kGAx4x-ts_8mgPgtKrXX2Xg0WbM2BRGSf75vwETMlHTlLOl4fgZlQDQOX1N_hokYJNWwNh3TL5vAiE2AJRuBMnylmETXt2ey-qkbKQhrZtTt-JGhmDAfj0zTHl-MPrXzx5kD4WZQG9GeQ_Mm4wmAjgcv6ITWUMgO0mMrjnMxfiePs1apUCpIkF7h3aGqUnN3d8WQuIb4XcP7f-ju2tuI1NPrGpiRD2ms_LEENk_ICoXG2BZ7d9h2VDIB9A9PnqJjyjGRmptt-WOfS6r75LR1FfisTUd92lgUofnke0TZ5s_djmEh6vkjXHpJhYdpG4Usyhb0ul_6dDGcZKLBnRvgVIPF6Vk6qItQaCDcdYLEvguwJGQo8kxOF98/4h8/ODPKg4ytSO6ErF-aadmW_w/h1/h001.Q5gTndAHsi4fpVJ3PXeeXUQU91dqRBm0wJRhjuGc5xc
 >  > 
 >  >  Under Chair Khan’s leadership, the FTC launched an investigation that 
 >  >  turned up numerous ways businesses are already engaged in these practices. 
 >  >  So what can we do to stop corporations from using our personal data to rip 
 >  >  us off?
 >  > 
 >  >  The FTC should continue to investigate surveillance pricing practices, and 
 >  >  armed with this information, lawmakers should consider passing more 
 >  >  stringent consumer protection and privacy laws to protect us from this type 
 >  >  of price discrimination.
 >  > 
 >  >  We have a right to know how our personal data is being used! And businesses 
 >  >  shouldn’t be able to weaponize our own data against us -- charging each 
 >  >  of us a different price just because they can.
 >  > 
 >  >  Thank you for watching and spreading the word about this shady practice. 
 >  > 
 >  >  Robert Reich
 >  >  Inequality Media