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Smart Television Manufacturer Settles by Paying $ 2.2 Million to the FTC and the State of New Jersey

February 11, 2017 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

The FTC and the State of New Jersey recently announced a settlement with Vizio, Inc., in the amount of $2.2 million for tracking consumer behavior using its smart television devices. The complaint alleged that Vizio acted unfairly by collecting, storing (indefinitely) and sharing consumer data with third parties without consent and in an unexpected manner. […]

Filed Under: Behavioral Advertising, Enforcement, Online Privacy, Privacy Tagged With: Affirmative Consent, FTC, IoT, Sensitive Data, smart TV, Sue, Video, Vizio, watching

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