Topic
Smart TV
8 published works
Inside Privacy
New Jersey District Judge Dismisses All Counts Against Smart TVs
On September 26, 2018, New Jersey federal district judge Madeline Cox Arleo dismissed an eight-count class action complaint in its entirety against three smart TV makers: Samsung, LG, and Sony. …
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Senators Ask FTC to Investigate Smart TV Manufacturers
On July 12, 2018, two U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission asking it to investigate the privacy policies and practices of smart TV manufacturers. The Senators…
Data Counsel
Unexpected Consumer Data Collection Concerns FTC
By Alan L. Friel, Benjamin Barnes
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been turning its attention to consumer data collection and use that consumers may not expect, such as tracking of TV viewing by smart TVs,…
Data Privacy & Security Observer
VIZIO Pays $2.2 Million to FTC and New Jersey for Collecting Viewing Histories on 11 Million Smart TVs Without Users’ Consent; Order Suggests Viewing History is Sensitive Information
Today, Vizio, Inc., agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle charges by the FTC and the New Jersey Attorney General that it installed software on its Smart TGVS to collect…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Smart-TV now regulated under new California law
Californians are now protected from smart-TV eavesdropping under new law, Assembly Bill 1116, which requires that smart-TV manufacturers ensure that voice-recognition features will not be enabled without consumer consent, and…
Inside Privacy
New California Law Regulates Voice Recognition Technology in Smart TVs
By Brandon Johnson On October 6, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 1116 (A.B. 1116), which regulates the manner in which smart TVs must notify users…
ContractsProf Blog
Your Smart TV May Be Engaged in Intelligence Work
Back in 2013, we mused about the seeming disconnect between public outrage at NSA data mining and the lack of comparable outrage with respect to private data mining. Nancy Kim…
Technology Law Dispatch
Updates from Dutch Data Protection Authority
The Dutch Data Protection Authority, the College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens (CBP), has issued a report on data collection by smart TVs and issued new protocols in relation to financial fraud prevention…