Magistrate Defines ‘Tracked Data’ In Vizio Smart TV Privacy Class Action

Mealey's (October 25, 2017, 12:48 PM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — In an Oct. 20 in chambers order, a California federal magistrate judge mostly adopted a definition of the term “tracked data” as proposed by the plaintiffs in a putative class action alleging privacy violations in the purported tracking of users’ viewing habits and other data via smart TVs made by Vizio Inc.(In Re:  Vizio Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation, No. 8:16-ml-02693, C.D. Calif.)....