Chinese lawmakers are reviewing a new privacy law this week that will ban internet companies from using data to set discriminatory prices for users, according to state media.
A revised version of the Personal Information Protection Law is expected to be passed by China’s top legislative body, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, state news agency Xinhua reported.
The draft has several revisions, including the ban on “algorithmic discrimination” – a common practice among Chinese internet companies where a platform charges different prices to different users based on how much it thinks they are willing to pay.
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