FTC urged to probe 'secret surveillance scores' used against shoppers, job and housing applicants

ronjor · Jun 26, 2019

by Levi Sumagaysay June 26, 2019

The Consumer Education Foundation, a California nonprofit, is urging the FTC to investigate companies' use of what it calls secret surveillance scores to determine how much to charge certain consumers when they shop online for products or services, or to deny them customer service, jobs or housing.
The scores are derived from the stream of personal data collected about consumers and compiled by data brokers, and "transmitted to corporate clients looking for ways to take advantage of, or even avoid, the consumer," according to the complaint, which was sent Monday to the FTC.
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