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The television maker Vizio has to pay $2.2 million to claims that it collected data from 11 million people without their consent. The lawsuit against the flat-panel TV maker was by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the USA. The FTC that Vizio had been gathering and selling data on customers without permission for years. The FTC Vizio began making televisions in 2014 that automatically what people were . They tracking devices to TVs made before 2014 by using software updates. The FTC said: "Consumers didn’t that while they were watching their TVs, Vizio was them."

The FTC said Vizio second-by-second information about what people were . The company also people's IP addresses. The FTC said this was a breach of privacy and security. It said: "The data when you television can a lot about you and your household." Vizio information to advertisers about people's age, sex, household size and income, marital status, home ownership, and education level. However, the company did not people's names. Vizio lawyer Jerry Huang said: "Today, the FTC has it clear that all smart-TV makers should people's consent before collecting and sharing television viewing information."