After $17 Million Settlement, Vizio Data Collection Class Action Is Dismissed

Mealey's (August 19, 2019, 10:50 AM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — Two weeks after granting final approval to a $17 million settlement of class claims over Vizio Inc.’s unauthorized collections of consumers’ television viewing data, a California federal judge on Aug. 14 entered judgment in accordance with the approval ruling, dismissing the case and administratively closing the multidistrict litigation file and each of the member cases (In Re:  Vizio, Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation, No. 8:16-ml-02693, C.D. Calif.)....