A new law will ban retailers from using shoppers’ personal data to hike grocery prices—but consumer advocates warn it contains loopholes that companies could exploit.

  • Oaksey@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    It may not slow down the data collection much, other than perhaps people using different cards at different times, but if you aren’t in a loyalty program, the only place they could market specifically to you would be at the checkout.
    Unless I guess they are upfront about facial recognition and have screens in store… which just sounds awful.