<![CDATA[Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing.]]>Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/aac1cb1a-1a83-49ef-97fa-b164fe062d13/parliament-voted-down-a-motion-on-april-15-to-ban-a-practice-most-canadians-have-never-heard-of-but-that-retailers-are-already-rolling-out-surveillance-pricing.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:48:12 GMTWed, 06 May 2026 15:08:19 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:18:29 GMT]]>@thetyee time to start turning off the phone or leaving it at home before getting groceries.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/ap/users/116529467617500891/statuses/116529476998143772https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/ap/users/116529467617500891/statuses/116529476998143772Wed, 06 May 2026 20:18:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 19:57:33 GMT]]>@Nonya_Bidniss @thetyee good point. I usually leave my phone at home when I shop for groceries because I want to be hands-free. I just keep my drivers license and one card in my pocket.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/kimlockhartga/statuses/116529394718018563https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/kimlockhartga/statuses/116529394718018563Wed, 06 May 2026 19:57:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 19:29:48 GMT]]>@kimlockhartga @thetyee Maybe better to not take your phone into the store with you, or put in airplane mode or faraday bag

"In the short term, shoppers can use private browsing mode, turn off location services and log out of loyalty apps before they shop."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Nonya_Bidniss/statuses/116529285571821453https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Nonya_Bidniss/statuses/116529285571821453Wed, 06 May 2026 19:29:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 19:24:05 GMT]]>@thetyee can we outsmart surveillance pricing via masking?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/kimlockhartga/statuses/116529263138252616https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/kimlockhartga/statuses/116529263138252616Wed, 06 May 2026 19:24:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:55:11 GMT]]>@thetyee

And the first grocery store to declare they will have one price for everyone gets my business.

I will boycott the rest.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/116269119144394202/statuses/116529149495497201https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/116269119144394202/statuses/116529149495497201Wed, 06 May 2026 18:55:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:54:02 GMT]]>@thetyee

Inequality and privacy invasion on steroids.

Good job Liberal party of Canada.

You are doing an awesome job of replicating the failure of the Democratic Party in the United States to stop fascism. Corporatism is fascism.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/116269119144394202/statuses/116529144939123453https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/116269119144394202/statuses/116529144939123453Wed, 06 May 2026 18:54:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:32:42 GMT]]>@thetyee @AnnaAnthro
Another reason to never use loyalty cards or the apps many stores/chains are (at least in Germany in the last maybe two years) rather aggressively promoting. You get some cheap deals out of it, but you end up being squeezed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gnaddrig/statuses/116529061077201629https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gnaddrig/statuses/116529061077201629Wed, 06 May 2026 18:32:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:54:08 GMT]]>@thetyee

Thanks! This is an informative article, a worthwhile read even for those outside of Canada who might not know about the politics there.

The story explains the different terms (dynamic pricing, surge pricing, surveillance pricing) for the tricks the corporate vampires are using to squeeze more money from us. Surveillance pricing, in particular, opens up unacceptable avenues for corporate political and religious bigotry.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/116528673483115694https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oldclumsy_nowmad/statuses/116528673483115694Wed, 06 May 2026 16:54:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:42:52 GMT]]>@thetyee
Just use cash.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/spacemagick/statuses/116528629209245675https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/spacemagick/statuses/116528629209245675Wed, 06 May 2026 16:42:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:37:41 GMT]]>@kevinrns @thetyee the NDP reference is in the top of the 3rd paragraph.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Maxfieldripken/statuses/116528608816425248https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Maxfieldripken/statuses/116528608816425248Wed, 06 May 2026 16:37:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:18:55 GMT]]>@thetyee This is why I don't sign up for loyalty cards and pay by cash. Companies NEVER give you something for nothing, no matter how they dress it up.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/penpencilbrush/statuses/116528535003966881https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/penpencilbrush/statuses/116528535003966881Wed, 06 May 2026 16:18:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:15:17 GMT]]>@thetyee
Oh! Failed to bank surveillance pricing? We need to march on Parliament! That is some serious sh!t!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/davidarnell/statuses/116528520753084874https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/davidarnell/statuses/116528520753084874Wed, 06 May 2026 16:15:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing. on Wed, 06 May 2026 15:22:29 GMT]]>@thetyee

An motion. I dont know how this post left that out. Avi Lewis's motion. An motion to ban surveillance pricing, ban store cheating, theft, manipulation.

Who did this? Avi.

Who voted it down? Carney and PP head.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kevinrns/statuses/116528313134299429https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kevinrns/statuses/116528313134299429Wed, 06 May 2026 15:22:29 GMT