Vizio fined $2.2 million for watching you watch TV
Feb07
As if it wasn’t enough that your phone and browser are constantly capturing information about you, you now have to worry about your TV as well. Home entertainment hardware maker Vizio has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the US Federal Trade Commission over charges that the company installed software on 11 million of its smart TVs to collect viewing data without informing customers or seeking their consent. In addition, it also gathered each household’s IP address, nearby access points, and zip code, shared that information with other companies to target ads towards Vizio TV…
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