VIZIO to Pay $2.2 Million to Settle Charges for Collecting Smart TV Viewing Histories

摘要

On February 6, 2017, VIZIO, Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers and sellers of Internet-connected "smart" televisions, agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle charges by the FTC and the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General that it installed software on its TVs to collect viewing data on 11 million consumer TVs without consumers' knowledge or consent.