The companies behind the streaming industry, including smart TV and streaming stick makers, have developed a "surveillance system" that "has long undermined consumer privacy and protections," according to a report by the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD by Center for Digital Democracy). published today and sent to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Unprecedented surveillance techniques aimed at serving niche ads have made connected television (CTV) a "privacy nightmare," according to Jeffrey Chester, co-author of the report and executive director of CDD, leading to calls for stronger regulation.
The 48-page report, How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era [PDF from Ars Technica], provides a detailed overview of the various ways streaming services and streaming hardware target viewers in new ways that CDD argues pose serious privacy risks.
The non-profit organization produced the report in an effort to encourage government intervention with regulation.
Today, CDD sent letters to the FTC [PDF], the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the California attorney general [PDF], and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) [PDF], regarding its concerns.
"CTV not only operates in ways that are unfair to consumers, but puts them and their families at risk as it collects and uses sensitive data about health, children, race and political interests," Chester said in a statement. a statement.
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