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New York's Sweeping Algorithmic Pricing Reforms - What Retailers Need to Know

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On May 9, 2025, New York signed into law the Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act – a first-of-its-kind law mandating businesses to disclose the use of algorithmic pricing based on personal data. ...more

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From Cart to Court: New York Demands Algorithmic Price Transparency

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A typical tactic employed by retailers is to reduce the price of an item that has remained in a consumer’s shopping cart. This practice may now become illegal if those retailers fail to state, “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN...more

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What’s in Your Wallet: National Retail Federation Files Suit Against New York Algorithmic Pricing Law

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What is algorithmic pricing? The Canadian Competition Bureau broadly defines it as “the process of using automated algorithms to set or recommend prices for products of services, often in real time, based on a set of data...more

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Using Facial Recognition? Regulators Expect Detailed Risk Assessments

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Following the Federal Trade Commission’s decision in December 2023 to ban Rite Aid from using AI facial recognition, it has become crystal clear that U.S. regulators expect a risk assessment when a retailer uses facial...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

UPDATE: NYC Dept of Consumer Affairs Publishes Sample Biometric Signage

As we’ve written here and here, New York City’s Biometric Identifier Information Law (the “NYC Law”) is now in force, effective Friday, July 9th. The NYC Law requires that places of entertainment, retail stores and food and...more

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Are U.S. Retailers Keeping Your Data Safe

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Sharing limited personal information with retailers has its benefits, including targeted ads, discounts, incentives, and coupons.  But at what cost?  Do the risks of disclosing your personal information to retailers outweigh...more

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Facial Recognition Technology – Advanced Technological Solutions to Customer Service

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are on a constant quest to compete with ever-growing e-commerce outlets. Some strategies for engaging consumers are unconventional, but others seem like downright science fiction....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Consumers Mixed on Retailers’ Use of Facial Recognition Technology

Many consumers are unaware that retailers use facial recognition technology in retail stores to monitor shoppers and prevent shoplifting. Consumers see cameras in retail stores and assume it is to monitor for shoplifting and...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

A Host of Biometric Privacy/Facial Recognition Bills Currently Circulating in State Legislatures

We’ve written extensively about the numerous lawsuits, dismissals and settlements surrounding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The statute, generally speaking, prohibits an entity from collecting,...more

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