12-Point ‘Shopper’s Bill of Rights’ Proposed to Guard Against Corporate Greed in the Digital Age.

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https://groundworkcollaborative.org/work/shoppers-bill-of-rights/

“Shoppers shouldn’t have to outsmart an algorithm, decode the fine print, or fight their way out of a subscription just to get a fair deal.”

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Groundwork Collaborative on Monday unveiled a proposal for a “Shopper’s Bill of Rights,” which it said would shield US consumers from rampant corporate greed.

Groundwork Collaborative proposed 12 regulations aimed at protecting consumers from getting relentlessly nickel-and-dimed by big corporations.

The first proposal is giving consumers the right to an all-in price, meaning companies must let shoppers buy a good or service for its advertised price without tacking on assorted fees.

Another proposal takes on the kind of surveillance pricing documented in Groundwork Collective’s Instacart report, where companies use consumers’ personal data to individually increase prices based on a number of factors in their personal browsing and shopping histories.

“Rapid advances in cloud computing, data collection, surveillance technologies, and artificial intelligence now equip companies to purchase, track, store, and analyze consumers’ personal data at an unimaginable scale,” the group writes. “Armed with troves of personal data, companies can increasingly determine your particular pain point: how much you, specifically, can be pushed to pay.”

Groundwork Collaborative recommends banning surveillance pricing altogether, while also cracking down on companies’ powers to collect and sell consumers’ personal browsing data.

The group also says that lawmakers should look into stopping dynamic pricing schemes, which don’t target consumers on an individual basis but nonetheless make unpredictable prices changes depending on a wide number of factors.

For the full list of policies Groundwork Collaborative is proposing:

See:   https://groundworkcollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Shoppers-Bill-of-Rights.pdf

• Right to an All-In Price: The Price You See Is The Price You Pay
• Right to a Fair Price: Pricing Products, Not People
• Right to a Predictable Price: Reining In The Dynamic Pricing Rollercoaster
• Right to Cancellation: Cancel With a Click
• Right to Repair: If You Own It, You Can Fix It
• Right to Your Own Agent: AI That Works For You, Not The Corporate Bottom Line
• Right to Resale: What You Buy Is Yours to Sell
• Right to a Level Playing Field: Giving Small Businesses a Chance to Compete
• Right to Comparison Shop: Taking the Guesswork Out of Comparison Shopping With Unit Pricing
• Right to a Refund: Ending The Runaround on Refunds
• Right to Proper Billing: Know What You Owe and Why
• Right to a Competitive Price: Bring Antitrust Into the 21st Century

It’s time for consumers and policymakers alike to rally around a new Shoppers’ Bill of Rights, with John F. Kennedy’s framework rebuilt for the modern era. Americans need a set of protections that begins to restore the basic bargain between shoppers and retailers and places simple guardrails around the technologies, tricks, and traps that companies are using to gouge us. We propose 12 core rights that give shoppers a fair shake and put some of the leverage back on their side of the checkout counter.

We can win these Consumer Rights.   To see how visit;

https://groundworkcollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Shoppers-Bill-of-Rights.pdf