Vizio fined $2.2 million by the FTC for secretly collecting and selling owner information

[Windows Central]

Vizio did everything wrong when it comes to data collection.
Vizio has been fined $2.2 million by the Federal Trade Commission for "surreptitiously collecting details on viewers' watching habits." The company also agreed to delete all the data collected before March 1, 2016, and to get specific consent from users with a new privacy program.

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