Nine companies, including Target and Delta, face federal probe into personalized pricing

Multiple outlets report the FTC is seeking information from nine companies, including Target and Delta, about personalized or algorithmic pricing. Named companies in the items also include Walmart, JetBlue and Uber.

Timeline

1. 30 Oct, 10:50 UTCFirst appeared on Google Trends
2. 30 Oct, 10:50 UTCBring Me The News reports nine-company federal probe
3. 30 Oct, 10:50 UTCGuardian reports FTC orders for algorithmic pricing data

Top sources

• federal trade commission dynamic pricing probeGoogle Trends
• FTC seeking information from Walmart, JetBlue, others on pricingYahoo Finance
• FTC orders Delta, Uber and others to hand over data on algorithmic pricingThe Guardian