House Democrats File Legislation Banning Surveillance Pricing
House Democrats on Wednesday filed legislation that would ban AI companies from using consumers’ personal data to set prices or wages, as expected (see 2507160067).
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Reps. Greg Casar, D-Texas, and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., introduced the Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act. The bill targets “practices like an airline raising prices for an individual after seeing her search for a family obituary or a ride share app paying a driver less after seeing that she visited a pawn shop,” Casar’s office said.
It also includes a private right of action and would grant enforcement authority to the FTC, state attorneys general and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.