FTC fines smart TV firm Vizio $2.2m for data scraping

A smart TV manufacturer called Vizio has been fined $2.2m for deliberately collecting viewing habits from its devices without user permission in a case that underlines the risks of ‘always-on’ devices. The case was brought jointly by the FTC and the Attorney General of New Jersey and in a US Federal…

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