<p>Companies track your data online. So it's no surprise that they know a lot about your habits and preferences. Now, they're trying to use that data to offer different prices to different customers, for the same items.</p>

Companies track your data online. So it's no surprise that they know a lot about your habits and preferences. Now, they're trying to use that data to offer different prices to different customers, for the same items.

<p>Companies track your data online. So it's no surprise that they know a lot about your habits and preferences. Now, they're&nbsp;trying to use&nbsp;that data to offer different prices to different customers, for the same items.</p>

Will “surveillance pricing” help or harm consumers?

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