US EditionSamsung Hit with Restraining Order Over Smart TV Surveillance Tech in Texas
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Texas court blocks Samsung from tracking TV viewing, then vacates order
The State of Texas obtained a short-lived, temporary restraining order (TRO) against Samsung that prohibited the South Korean company from collecting audio and visual data about what Texas consumers are watching on their TVs. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/texas-court-blocks-samsung-from-tracking-tv-viewing-then-vacates-order/
Samsung Hit with Restraining Order Over Smart TV Surveillance Tech in Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a temporary restraining order against Samsung, blocking the company from continuing to collect data through its smart TVs' Automated Content Recognition technology. The ACR system captured screenshots of what users were watching every 500 milliseconds,...
U.S. judge suspends data collection by Samsung Smart TVs in a privacy trial, because the CAB is following what you are looking at without your consent A Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order against Samsung, suspending the collection of viewing data from Smart TV via Automatic Content Recognition Technology (ACR) without the explicit consent of users. The trial, led by the Attorney General's Office...
Texas Court Grants, Then Vacates Restraining Order Against Samsung's Data Collection
A Texas state court granted, then vacated a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Samsung this week for collecting consumers' TV audio and viewing data without proper consent. Samsung is one of five TV makers that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton...
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