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FTC Announces Settlement Regarding Collecting Consumer TV Viewing Data

Hunton Privacy

On February 6, 2017, the FTC announced that it has agreed to settle charges that VIZIO, Inc. VIZIO”), installed software on about 11 million consumer televisions to collect viewing data without consumers’ knowledge or consent. implement a comprehensive data privacy program and biennial assessments of that program.

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

Moreover, following a 78% increase in attacks on supply chain vendors between 2017 and 2020, 35% of all nation-state attacks are now targeted at enterprises. For example, the Lazarus Group (also known as APT38), which has connections to the North Korean government, is reportedly behind “the creation of the malware used in the 2017 WannaCry 2.0