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FTC.gov (Editor’s Note: The settlement amount here is paltry for the violation committed, and is certainly not a direct remedy for those who were affected. Nevertheless, hopefully this will alert more people to the role of smart gadgets in their lives...

VIZIO, Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers and sellers of internet-connected "smart" televisions, has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General that it installed...

Electronics manufacturer Vizio has been fined $2.2 million for collecting viewing data from more than 11 million devices without prior consent. Vizio’s smart TVs captured second-by-second information and sent it back to servers owned by the manufacturer...

US smart TV producer Vizio has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General for spying on 11 million consumer TVs. The stipulated federal court order requires Vizio to...

Vizio Inc. is in some hot water for allegedly collecting the viewing histories of 11 million smart televisions without users' consent. And now, the company has been ordered to pay US$2.2 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to settle the case...