Texas AG lawsuit over smart TV ACR data collection
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed state-court lawsuits against Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL over alleged ACR tracking of smart TV viewing data, escalating a privacy case that could affect consumers at scale. The complaints say the TVs captured screenshots every 500 milliseconds and sent viewing activity to company servers without consent. Texas says the data was then sold for ad targeting, and it warned that Hisense and TCL may be subject to China's National Security Law. The action puts smart-TV data collection and disclosure practices under renewed legal scrutiny.
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16.12.2025 19:29 2 articles · 5mo ago
Texas AG files smart TV ACR lawsuits
Legal Policy Action UpdateTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed state-court lawsuits against Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL Technology Group Corporation over allegations that smart televisions used Automated Content Recognition (ACR) to capture screenshots every 500 milliseconds, monitor viewing activity in real time, and send viewing data to company servers without users' knowledge or consent; the office also raised concerns about Chinese National Security Law obligations for Hisense and TCL.
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- Texas sues TV makers for taking screenshots of what people watch — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 16.12.2025 19:29
- Texas sues TV makers for taking screenshots of what people watch — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 16.12.2025 19:29