How location data is used to manipulate airfare and car rental prices

2018-7-18 23:13

While the EU recently passed the GDPR into law to give users control of how their data is collected and used, the battle is unfortunately only half won. According to a new (and shocking!) study by TheBestVPN, you could end up paying almost double (or more) the actual cost of a product or service you are interested in depending on where you are accessing the website offering the product from.

This concept is known as dynamic pricing — in which businesses charge consumers more or less depending on their ability to pay. It is also known as price discrimination, and…

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