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The bill info is here: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0895?ys=2026rs

I received this text from the Chamber of Progress, named such as to make people think they’re looking out for you. They are not; just check out their Wikipedia page. They’re funded by big tech companies.

The synopsis of HB0895 is:

“Prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party food delivery service provider from engaging in the practice of dynamic pricing or using consumer personal data to set a price for consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party food delivery service provider from using protected class data to offer, advertise, or sell a consumer good or service under certain circumstances; making certain violations of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to enforcement and penalties; etc.”

Dynamic pricing is, in short, when a grocery store can literally adjust the price for you, specifically, based on things like what zip code you live in, how often you grocery shop, how much you seem willing to spend on certain products etc. It’s anti-privacy an intended to wring every cent possible out of you.

I hope this law passes!

HB0895 is good, actually. Dynamic pricing is bad.