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TL;DR
- Samsung and the state of Texas have reached a settlement in regard to alleged unlawful data collection from the company’s TVs.
- As part of the agreement, the tech giant will halt any collection or processing of automated content recognition viewing data without the consent of Texas consumers.
- Sony, LG, Hisense, and TCL have not made any changes yet to their data collection practices.
Samsung, Sony, LG, Hisense, and TCL recently landed in hot water over their data collection practices. In short, these companies were accused of harvesting screenshots of users’ TV content for the purpose of targeted advertising. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against the five TV manufacturers in December, accusing them of “spying on Texans.” While most of these companies have yet to respond to the lawsuits, Samsung has agreed to make some changes.
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