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Surveillance pricing—where companies exploit personal data to charge different customers different prices for identical products—represents a critical business risk and competitive threat as data asymmetries enable sophisticated price discrimination at scale. IT leaders must recognize that their organizations' data infrastructure, analytics capabilities, and algorithmic pricing systems are enabling exploitative practices that face increasing regulatory scrutiny, with New York's recent disclosure law signaling the beginning of compliance requirements that will expand across states. Organizations should proactively audit pricing algorithms for discriminatory outcomes and develop data governance policies that balance revenue optimization with consumer protection, as regulatory bans and reputational damage from surveillance pricing exposure pose material business risks.