Situation:
Smart TV Maker Fined $2.2 Million for spying on its 11 million users.
Claim:
Vizio a smart TV corporation had been caught secretly collecting
data through 11 Million smart TVs and then selling this information to third
parties. The US Federal Trade Commission(FTC) has announced that Vizio is
spying on its customers. TV company was spying through the installed data
tracking software to collect viewing habits of 11 million users without
informing or seeking their consent. The company also collected the IP address,
access points, and zip code of customers to share with third parties for targeting
advertising towards Vizio TV users.
Argument:
The purpose of the TV company to collect data for third parties.
They do not want to harm any customer but data collection of users without
informing them is still against privacy.
The right of privacy is not considered in a view that it causes harms or not. It
is considered that someone want to share their information or not.
Principle:
The TV company know that they abuse the privacy of their customers
so they agreed to pay the fine and stop unauthorized tracking.
It is ethically wrong and against the law to steel others information without
their approval.
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