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Plaintiffs claim Vizio violated their privacy, consumer protection laws

Posted on November 19, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Sharon Spungen reports:

A Yolo County, California man and a Harris County, Texas woman are bringing a class action suit against a television manufacturing firm and related companies for alleged violations of their privacy due to data sharing practices they claim violate the Video Privacy Protection Act, California’s Consumer Records Act, California’s Unfair Competition Law, and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act.

David Watts and Whitney Keeter filed suit on Nov. 11 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Vizio Holdings Inc., Vizio Inc., Vizio Inscape Services LLC, Vizio Inscape Technologies LLC, Cognitive Media Networks, Inc., and 50 unnamed defendants.

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