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Ohio lawmakers must prevent Kroger’s surveillance pricing scam
Kroger faces bipartisan criticism in Congress regarding its surveillance pricing program, which allegedly uses customer data, such as income levels, to maximize charges. Critics state that Kroger sells collected customer data for profit and that shoppers have been overcharged due to issues like expired tags. Lawmakers warn that these practices represent a misuse of personal information that also coincided with worker reports of job cuts.
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