Vizio agrees to pay $2.2 million to the FTC and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. The fine is the result of an investigation opened last year by the US Federal Trade Commission. The FTC says Vizio collected data from over 11 million customers, which it later sold to third-parties and made millions of dollars. Vizio has also accepted to stop any illegal user data collection practice (at least in the US), and implement a mechanism to ask for a user’s express consent before collecting and selling TV viewing habits.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/vizio-fined-for-spying-on-users-via-smart-tvs-selling-user-data-without-consent/