Subcommittee advances bill to create an Attorney General coordination function for technology-related consumer harms HB 12-50 would direct the Office of the Attorney General to establish an intake, triage and referral function and cross-agency communication structure for technology-related consumer harms; patron said it is a governance framework using existing authority and is not a new regulatory agency.

Virginia's House Subcommittee is paving the way for a new framework to tackle technology-related consumer harms by empowering the Attorney General's office to streamline responses and enhance communication.

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Journalist and industry witnesses warn of data‑broker harms and AI‑enabled pricing At the committee hearing, a former NBC reporter recounted the ChoicePoint breach and recent data‑broker enforcement, while a former Visa executive and others described how profiling powers dynamic pricing and profiling that can harm consumers and small businesses.

Vermont lawmakers heard shocking testimonies revealing how large-scale data collection is endangering consumers, from selling lists of vulnerable individuals to manipulating prices based on personal profiles.

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Amazon agrees to make canceling Prime easy, will refund customers $1.5B https://arstechni.ca #federaltradecommission #consumerharms #AmazonPrime #e-commerce #Policy #Amazon #FTC