Vizio Inc., a popular smart TV brand, settled a lawsuit Monday that accused it of using its TVs to track what its owners watched, then selling that information to marketing firms, all without customers’ knowledge or consent. Vizio agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle the lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission and the New Jersey Attorney General. Vizio began compiling data from its internet-connected TVs in 2014,...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 07, 2017 01:41 UTC