# NYC Council bans ‘surveillance pricing’ that has customers’ data used against them

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nyc-council-bans-surveillance-pricing-that-has-customers-data-used-against-them/
- Published: 2026-11-12T22:44:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T23:26:10+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/us-news/nyc-council-bans-surveillance-pricing-that-has-customers-data-used-against-them/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- NYC banned personalised pricing based on customers’ data.
- The bill passed the council 44-5.
- Smaller businesses can submit a plan to remedy violations.

## Summary

New York City Council passed a bill banning companies from using customers’ personal data to charge different people different prices for the same product. Backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the measure passed 44-5 and is intended to curb what supporters call “surveillance pricing”.

The law allows smaller businesses to submit a plan to correct violations before facing penalties; larger companies can be fined $1,000 immediately. In other council business, lawmakers introduced a proposal for a 60-day review of more than 50,000 vacant rent-stabilised apartments, and voted 48-1 to exempt permanently and totally disabled veterans from city property taxes.

---
Summarised by TalkFuse (https://talkfuse.com/). Quote the original publisher for the reporting and link this page for the summary and discussion.