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Company: VIZIO, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Walmart
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Penalty: $2,200,000
Year: 2017
Date: February 6, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: VIZIO, Inc., one of the Largest manufacturers and sellers of internet-connected smart televisions, agreed to pay $2.2 million to allegations by the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General that it installed software on its TVs to collect viewing data on 11 million consumer TVs without consumers' knowledge or consent.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arkansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-discount stores
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.