Washington, Aug. 12 -- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. issued the following press release:
Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requested details from the eight major U.S. airline companies as part of the Committee's ongoing inquiry into corporate surveillance pricing practices.
"I am very concerned about companies potentially using Americans' personal data to determine what prices they see and pay, and I am continuing an inquiry into just how widespread this practice is," Pallone wrote. "Consumers deserve to know if businesses are using their personal information to manipulate the prices they pay or experiment with algorithms to set the prices they see."
In May, Pallone launched a Com...