CALIFORNIA ADVANCED AND NARROWED restrictions on several technology company practices that target consumers during lightning-round hearings on hundreds of bills.
- Algorithms were the target of a broad package of California bills that regulate how companies set prices. The Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced a bill (SB 295) that would prohibit businesses from setting prices using algorithms based on data from competitors. The panel adopted amendments that would exclude certain services, such as credit reporting tools.
- The Senate Appropriations Committee also advanced a related measure, adopting amendments that would clarify the types of the algorithms covered under the bill. (Bloomberg Government ...