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Target Reaches $5 Million Settlement Over Instacart Pricing

By Drooid · Oct 19, 2026, 2:38 AM UTC · How we work

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Target agreed to a $5 million settlement and a ban on geofencing pricing.
Target said its app shows accurate prices across stores without using personal data.
Consumer Reports, Groundwork Collaborative and More Perfect Union found Instacart displayed different prices for identical items.
Instacart stopped tests that randomly assigned shoppers to pricing groups after the investigation.
The FTC proposed an enforcement policy warning that undisclosed data-driven pricing may violate consumer-protection law.

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Target agreed to a $5 million settlement and a ban on geofencing pricing.
Target said its app shows accurate prices across stores without using personal data.
Consumer Reports, Groundwork Collaborative and More Perfect Union found Instacart displayed different prices for identical items.
Instacart stopped tests that randomly assigned shoppers to pricing groups after the investigation.
The FTC proposed an enforcement policy warning that undisclosed data-driven pricing may violate consumer-protection law.