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This is promising and is a good start towards IOT precedent, and perhaps even operating systems of our devices (Windows 10). - Explain your data collection pra
by abandonliberty 10y ago
This is promising and is a good start towards IOT precedent, and perhaps even operating systems of our devices (Windows 10).
- Explain your data collection practices up front.
- Get consumers’ consent before you collect and share highly
specific information about their entertainment preferences.
- Make it easy for consumers to exercise options.
- Established consumer protection principles apply to new technology.
I wonder how many technical teams are scrambling to undo their spying now - though this is a fairly insubstantial fine. I could see the data being potentially worth more than $2.2m
- Smerity 10y agoTo note, they were also forced to delete the collected data, though the insights they've already extracted / profits from data they've already sold may offset both the point and the $2.2 million fine.
- abandonliberty 10y agoYou're right, good insight. I was thinking purely about risk/reward for other players in the market. The fine is 0.4% of the Note 7 recall cost, not including brand damage. A fine this nominal could easily be seen as the cost of doing business - if you get caught.
- codedokode 10y agoIf they really have sold 10 million devices then the fine is 22 cents per device.
- cwilkes 10y agoVizio might be able to delete the data but there is not much of a chance that the data brokers they sold to can. Probably already baked into their models. Plus how is this verifiable? The fine should be a lot higher to discourage this action.
- joering2 10y ago> I wonder how many technical teams are scrambling to undo their spying now I bet the one that truly have to worry in terms of size calculated that the cost of undoing it will overweight the cost of eventual penalty, underscoring word "eventual".