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EFF slams SF Supervisors for stalling AB 2564

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EFF slams SF Supervisors for stalling AB 2564
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EFF slams SF Supervisors for stalling AB 2564

The Electronic Frontier Foundation published an article criticizing the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for delaying a vote on a resolution supporting California's AB 2564. The bill seeks to ban "surveillance pricing," a business model where corporations leverage harvested personal data to charge different prices to different consumers for the same products. The EFF argues the bill is a necessary and narrowly focused measure to protect consumer privacy, pushing back against industry lobbying from groups like the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce that rely on debunked arguments to protect exploitative data monetization practices.

// ANALYSIS

Surveillance pricing represents an insidious evolution of corporate data harvesting, weaponizing user privacy to extract maximum financial value. The delay by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors underscores the significant influence of tech industry lobbying on local governance, even in progressive strongholds. Comprehensive privacy laws are increasingly necessary as businesses find novel ways to quietly exploit personal information.

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DISCOVERED

2h ago

2026-07-29

PUBLISHED

5h ago

2026-07-29

RELEVANCE

8/ 10

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