Maryland passes legislation banning retailers from using personal data to set prices. Does it do enough?

About this episode

Montgomery County Delegate Lorig Charkoudian discusses a new bill to limit dynamic pricing in Maryland.

Montgomery County Delegate Lorig Charkoudian joined WAMU to discuss a new bill to limit dynamic pricing in Maryland and how it fits into state Democrats' political concerns for the future.

People in this episode

Guest: Lorig Charkoudian

Topics covered

• Maryland legislation
• dynamic pricing
• personal data
• politics

Keywords

• retailers
• data privacy
• state Democrats

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Places: Maryland, Montgomery County

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