EPIC asked the Federal Trade Commission to require Google to spin-off Nest and to disgorge the data obtained from Nest users. EPIC filed a complaint with the Commission regarding a related merger review in 2014. It is a federal crime to intercept private communications or to plant a listening device in a private residence. Both the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee have expressed interest in merger review of the tech industry.EPIC: “Commission clearly failed to address the significant privacy concerns presented in the Google acquisition of Nest””]
Source: https://epic.org/2019/02/epic-to-ftc-after-home-spying-.html