Yet another example of how the legal system can be used and abused to meet the
needs of those who do not want to be subject to the heavy hand of government
regulations.
In essence, under the now revoked FCC privacy rules, an ISP cannot collect the
kind of data that Vizio was collecting without the customer agreeing to this
collection (since 1988 it has been illegal for the MVPD system to collect this
data). But it was OK for Vizio to do this, as they are not regulated by the
FCC, and they argue they are not covered by the 1988 law that protects the
personal privacy of customers that pay for MVPD video services.
Does this case really matter?
The article ends by noting that Vizio has already settled an enforcement
actions with the FTC for $2.2 million.
"We're guilty, but we don't think the law applies to us..."
Regards
Craig// eompost 591AF026:10F6.1:bcraqgi
On May 15, 2017, at 6:06 PM, Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
DMA Backs Vizio In Video Privacy Battle
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/301115/dma-backs-vizio-in-video-privacy-battle.html
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