About this episode
The episode discusses how TVs collect data on viewers and the implications of this practice.
Your TV is watching you. It takes screenshots of what you're watching and sells that data to advertisers. I spoke with Aaron Alva, an attorney and former FTC insider, about why this is happening and how to stop it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Kim Komando
Guest: Aaron Alva
Topics covered
- privacy
- advertising
- technology
- data security
- consumer rights
Keywords
- TV spying
- data collection
- advertisers
- Aaron Alva
- FTC insider
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: FTC
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