US EditionTexas Sues Biggest TV Makers, Alleging Smart TVs Spy on Users without Consent
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges five TV makers used Automated Content Recognition to collect data secretly, affecting nearly 70% of reported main TV brands in U.S. homes.
- On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed lawsuits naming Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense and TCL Technology Group Corporation, accusing them of spying on Texans through Automated Content Recognition.
- Automated Content Recognition technology uses visual and audio data to identify what viewers watch, and Paxton alleges Samsung and Hisense capture screenshots every 500 milliseconds, monitoring viewing in real time.
- Paxton described ACR as `an uninvited, invisible digital invader` that unlawfully collects personal data, which television owners then package and sell to advertisers, calling it `invasive, deceptive, and unlawful`.
- Paxton asks the court for civil penalties and bans on data collection, seeking to block Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL from handling Texas consumers' ACR data; LG spokesman declined to comment.
- Nearly 70 percent of reported 'main' TVs come from the five brands, and Paxton warns ACR could expose sensitive personal information like passwords and bank information in Texas households.
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Texas sues five TV manufacturers over predatory ad-targeting spyware
Behold: Ken Paxton will now demonstrate that broken clocks are indeed right twice a day. The Texas Attorney General is notorious for, well, a very long list of reasons. But in this case, he at least appears to be doing consumers a solid: He sued five television companies for using ad-targeting spyware on their TVs.Texas sued Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense and TCL for allegedly recording what viewers watch without their consent. The predatory technol…
Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues Major TV Companies for 'Spying on Texans'
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed lawsuits against five major television companies, accusing them of unlawfully collecting personal data through Automated Content Recognition (ACR) technology built into their devices. According to Paxton, major TV manufacturers including Sony, Samsung, and LG are snooping on owners in a way that is "invasive, deceptive, and unlawful."
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