# Target Tests Acuity In-Store Bluetooth Tracking — And The Infrastructure Behind The "Surveillance Pricing" Epidemic
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Publisher: reddit.com · published 2026-09-28 · read 2026-09-29

Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/ObscurePatentDangers/comments/1wsshgf/

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## Who is named (5)

- [Target](https://truthscore.com/entity/7f8676c6)
- [Target stores](https://truthscore.com/entity/80bb647b)
- [FTC](https://truthscore.com/entity/8afa3c01)
- [Acuity Brands Bluetooth tracking infrastructure](https://truthscore.com/entity/8e3590f5)
- [Target app](https://truthscore.com/entity/f0712369)

## What it added

- [Target is deploying Acuity Brands' Bluetooth tracking infrastructure to monitor physical customer movements.](https://truthscore.com/claim/26d79054)
  > Target is deploying Acuity Brands' Bluetooth tracking infrastructure to monitor physical customer movements.
- [Employees documented new handbaskets equipped with Bluetooth transmitters that communicate with tracking chips installed in the ceiling lights of nearly half…](https://truthscore.com/claim/2fbc40a1)
  > Employees recently documented new handbaskets equipped with Bluetooth transmitters, which communicate with tracking chips Acuity has installed in the ceiling lights of nearly half of Target's 1,800 retail locations.
- [The system tracks a shopper's exact path without requiring an app download or explicit consent.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b485313b)
  > The system tracks a shopper's exact path without requiring an app download or explicit consent.
- [The company claims the technology is for inventory or employee tracking.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2ef01aeb)
  > While the company claims this technology is for inventory or employee tracking, the system builds granular spatial profiles of individual customers.
- [The system builds granular spatial profiles of individual customers.](https://truthscore.com/claim/43da1697)
  > While the company claims this technology is for inventory or employee tracking, the system builds granular spatial profiles of individual customers.
- [Retailers have increasingly weaponized this type of behavioral data.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8486c6cb)
  > Retailers have increasingly weaponized this type of behavioral data; a Minneapolis investigation revealed Target's own app inflated the price of a vacuum by $148 simply because the customer walked through the front doors.
- [A Minneapolis investigation revealed Target's app inflated the price of a vacuum by $148 because the customer walked through the front doors.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ad50c407)
  > Retailers have increasingly weaponized this type of behavioral data; a Minneapolis investigation revealed Target's own app inflated the price of a vacuum by $148 simply because the customer walked through the front doors.
- [The trajectory points toward the normalization of dynamic, predatory pricing in physical stores.](https://truthscore.com/claim/16053089)
  > The trajectory points toward the normalization of dynamic, predatory pricing in physical stores.
- [The Federal Trade Commission is currently investigating the surveillance pricing ecosystem.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7980f621)
  > The Federal Trade Commission is currently investigating the "surveillance pricing" ecosystem, where middlemen utilize physical tracking and consumer data to manipulate prices.
- [As more stores install physical tracking nodes, retailers will be able to implement surge pricing based on a customer's specific location, hesitation, and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/1ea5d431)
  > As more stores install physical tracking nodes—like Acuity's ceiling chips—retailers will be able to implement surge pricing based on a customer's specific location, hesitation, and historical shopping habits.
- [This transforms a trip to the store into a continuous, unconsented data-extraction event.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4209b4a3)
  > This transforms a trip to the store into a continuous, unconsented data-extraction event.
- [Physical tracking empowers corporations to dynamically charge consumers the absolute maximum an algorithm predicts they will tolerate.](https://truthscore.com/claim/613987c5)
  > Physical tracking empowers corporations to dynamically charge consumers the absolute maximum an algorithm predicts they will tolerate.

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