Markey, Blumenthal Urge FTC to Investigate Smart TV Data Collection

The FTC should probe privacy policies and practices of smart TV manufacturers because consumers are potentially unaware of the extent to which companies track sensitive information, wrote Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., to the FTC Thursday. “Televisions have entered a new era, but that does not mean that users’ sensitive information no longer deserves protection.” Friday, the agency didn’t comment.