FTC demands Walmart, Target Uber and others hand over data on personalized pricing

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested that Walmart, Target, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, Delta, United, JetBlue, and others provide data regarding their use of personal consumer information for personalized pricing and wage setting. This move comes as voters prioritize cost-of-living concerns ahead of upcoming congressional elections. The FTC aims to compile a study on the practices involving algorithmic pricing, which could potentially impact individual prices based on factors like location and browsing history.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is demanding information from Walmart, Target, Uber, and seven other companies about their use of personal consumer data such as location, browsing history, and income to set personalized prices, wages, and job offers. This request comes from a senior FTC official on October 28, 2026. The targeted companies include app services like Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and airlines Delta, United, and JetBlue. The FTC plans to publish a study using this information to help lawmakers understand personalized pricing and wage setting practices, especially as voters prioritize cost-of-living issues ahead of the congressional elections next week. This action is seen as an effort by the FTC to address growing concerns over algorithmic pricing technology that may allow companies to set prices specifically for each shopper based on their maximum willingness to pay.

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The Federal Trade Commission is demanding information from Walmart, Uber and seven other companies on whether and how they use consumers’ personal data such as location, browsing history and income to set individual prices, wages and job offers, a senior FTC official said Wednesday.
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🔮 The FTC will use the information to eventually publish a study to help inform regulators and lawmakers about personalized pricing and wage setting practices.
2026-10-28 · New York Post
FTC demands Walmart, Target Uber and others hand over data on personalized pricing · assertive framing

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FTC demands Walmart, Target Uber and others hand over data on personalized pricing By asserted
Walmart → demand → pricing
The Federal Trade Commission is demanding information from Walmart, Uber and seven other companies on whether and how they use consumers’ personal data such as location, browsing history and income to set individual prices, wages and job offers, a senior FTC official said Wednesday. asserted
official → demand → prices
The FTC is flexing its consumer protection powers ahead of the congressional elections next week, as voters consistently rank the cost of living as the most important issue. asserted
voters → flex → issue
Target, along with app services Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart, and airlines Delta, United, JetBlue, are also receiving demands, the official said. asserted
official → receive → demands
The FTC will use the information to eventually publish a study to help inform regulators and lawmakers about personalized pricing and wage setting practices. asserted
FTC → use → pricing
The advance of algorithmic pricing technology, including tools that incorporate AI, has fueled concern that companies are able to set prices for shoppers on an individual basis in order to extract the maximum price each shopper would be willing to pay. asserted
shopper → include → price
Personalized pricing strategies are difficult to observe from the outside, because they serve different prices to different people. asserted
they → observe → people
The FTC study aims to fill in that knowledge gap, demanding comprehensive information about the tools, strategies, and data companies use as well as how they affect prices, wages and job offers. asserted
they → aim → prices
Efforts by state lawmakers to ban personalized pricing, along with the use of algorithms to individually tailor wages, have taken off in recent years. asserted
Efforts → ban → years
The National Retail Federation has criticized the laws and defended retailers’ use of data-driven discounts as a means of incentivizing loyalty. asserted
Federation → criticize → loyalty
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson has said personalizing pricing could violate consumer protection laws where consumers do not expect it and that companies should expect enforcement. uncertain
companies → say → enforcement
After the FTC called for public comment, hundreds of commenters urged the FTC to ban the practice outright. asserted
hundreds → call → practice
The FTC has said it does not have the authority to issue a blanket prohibition against the practice. asserted
it → say → practice
JetBlue said it doesn’t use personal information or web browsing history to set individual pricing. asserted
it → say → pricing
Fares are determined by demand and seat availability, and all customers have access to the same fares on jetblue.com and our mobile app. asserted
customers → determine → jetblue.com
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