NYC Council passes ban on 'surveillance pricing' (gothamist.com)
23 points by jonbaer 2 hours ago
gnabgib 2 hours ago
NY state did it in June https://gothamist.com/news/ny-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-surveill... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48443192)
The part of the headline you dropped (that relies on personal data) is the new part
steveBK123 2 hours ago
So will this impact Uber that does some extremely shady stuff around your profile / phone type / battery life / account history / micro location / etc to tease out level of desperation & price elasticity.
gavinsyancey 28 minutes ago
Given Uber's history of ignoring laws they don't like, I don't expect anything to change until NY goes after them in court.
iloveyoutwo 42 minutes ago
This is a good step.
Ban facial recognition by the government on civilians and ban Flock and similar. But they aren't interested in limiting their own power.
lavendermon an hour ago
Dynamic pricing seems to be a personalized form of price gouging. It's encouraging to see regulators jump on this quickly and try to nip it in the bud. I can't imagine working on a team that helps enable individual price gouging at a company.