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Information Privacy In An Age Of Invisible Shopper Tracking: Who Will Pay The Price For Stores Of The Future?, Kristin Harripaul
Information Privacy In An Age Of Invisible Shopper Tracking: Who Will Pay The Price For Stores Of The Future?, Kristin Harripaul
Georgia State University Law Review
Explosive growth in technology has brought a unique opportunity to the doors of brick-and-mortar retail—a nearly $3.38 trillion industry struggling to regain relevance among modern, digitally enabled shoppers. Specifically, in-store analytics, or shopper tracking technologies, are allowing these retailers to better compete with online stores by tapping into consumer data unprecedented in the brick-and-mortar context. With these technologies, stores now have access to detailed metrics, like consumer dwell times, journeys, product engagement, product views, and demographic data such as age and gender, which can be used to optimize store operations and marketing and promotions.
Recent events, however, including a string …