Share via: LinkedInFacebookTwitterTwo of the grocery industry’s largest trade associations responded to the Senate’s first hearing on AI surveillance pricing by drawing a sharp line between the practices under scrutiny and the pricing tools their members actually use. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held the hearing, titled “Your Data, Their Profit: The Consumer Cost of AI Surveillance Pricing,” on Aug. 4. Why shelf labels are the flashpointThe UFCW’s testimony focused on electronic shelf labels, with Policy Counsel Hillary Caron arguing the hardware itself is not the problem so much as how it gets used alongside other tools. The state patchworkFour states have now enacted surveillance pricing bans. Signs Surveillance Pricing Ban Despite Industry Objections