{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/gillibrand-introduces-bill-to-crack-down-on-surveillance-pricing/", "Gillibrand Introduces Bill to Crack Down on Surveillance Pricing", "2025-12-12", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "NY", "Kirsten E. Gillibrand", "G000555", "www.gillibrand.senate.gov", "gillibrand", "https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "As AI Tools Increasingly Allow Companies To Target Consumers And Drive Up Prices, Gillibrand Is Taking Action To Protect New Yorkers Against Unfair Pricing Practices\n\nLegislation Comes As New York Leads First-Ever State-Level Push to Expose Data-Driven Price Gouging\n\nToday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced legislation to outlaw surveillance pricing. The One Fair Price Act would prevent companies from being able to use customers\u2019 personal data to set individualized prices. Gillibrand introduced the legislation with Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ).\n\n\u201cAs the holidays approach and New Yorkers shop for their loved ones, predatory companies are combing through our data and raising prices based on who they think is willing to pay more,\u201d said Senator Gillibrand.\u201cNo one should be charged more just because a company is digging into their background and exploiting their data. It\u2019s wrong, and I won\u2019t stop working until we get this bill across the finish line and end these abusive practices once and for all.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhen you go to the grocery store, you expect to pay the exact same price for milk as the person in line behind you. But imagine if they charged you more for milk because they know you have growing kids at home and that you need it more than the person behind you. You\u2019d be outraged. It may seem far-fetched, but increasingly that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s happening, especially when shopping online,\u201d said Senator Gallego.\u201cGreedy corporations are compiling Americans\u2019 personal data and using AI to find their \u2018pain point\u2019 \u2013 the maximum they\u2019re willing to pay. That\u2019s not fair pricing, that\u2019s predatory pricing. My bill puts an end to it.\u201d\n\nIn January, initial findings from a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) study showed that retailers frequently use customers\u2019 personal information \u2013 everything from their location to the type of device they are searching on \u2013 to set tailored prices for goods and services. Under the Trump administration, the FTC canceled an investigation into these unfair practices.\n\nThe One Fair Price Act would ban companies from charging different prices to different customers for the same product at the same time.\n\nA recent study found that predatory pricing practices are harming consumers as corporations use AI to gauge how \u201cprice sensitive\u201d each customer is. For example, a frequent Instacart user could see price swings of roughly $1,200 per year. New York became the first state to confront these practices by enacting a law targeting surveillance pricing and requiring retailers to disclose when prices are set by an algorithm.\n\n\u201cDystopian surveillance pricing schemes are fueling our country\u2019s affordability crisis, allowing corporations to weaponize personal data by filtering it through opaque algorithms to extract the maximum price consumers are willing to pay,\u201d said Lee Hepner, Senior Legal Counsel at American Economic Liberties Project.\u201cPrice discrimination shreds the social fabric by eroding consumer solidarity and our ability to hold predatory corporations accountable on equal terms. It is a direct threat to the financial independence of all Americans, and largely responsible for why our whole economy feels like a giant scam. The One Fair Price Act restores sanity to our economy, while protecting fair discounts and predictable prices. We\u2019re pleased to support and endorse this bill, and urge Congress to pass it swiftly.\u201d\n\nYou can find the full text of the legislation here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/gillibrand-introduces-bill-to-crack-down-on-surveillance-pricing/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7694272100925446, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}