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According to the complaint, Vizio began sharing the data for audience measurement purposes in May 2014, and began selling targeted advertising data in March 2016. The FTC says that at the time, the company bragged that the technology "captures up to 100 billion data points each day from more than 10 million VIZIO televisions".
Vizio, meanwhile, didn't inform consumers it was collecting the data and didn't offer any explanation of what it was collecting. TVs that were purchased after August 2014 displayed no notification at all that the tracking was enabled, and TVs that were updated in 2014 received a notification that didn't tell consumers what Smart Interactivity was actually doing, just that it was enabled and could be disabled through settings. The notification disappeared after 30 seconds on screen.
Even before today's resolution was announced, VIZIO had addressed the concerns by updating online and onscreen disclosures. For example, the FTC Complaint acknowledged that VIZIO has sent onscreen notifications informing users about viewing data collection, reminding users of the option to turn this feature off or on, and educating users about the purpose and nature of its viewing data program.
While the court order requires Vizio to delete all data collected prior to March 2016, it doesn't require them to stop tracking data — just to more adequately get consent for doing so. So don't expect smart TVs to stop at least trying to track your Real Housewives binging any time soon.
Work to 'cap off' a mine shaft at the site of a future multi-million pound designer outlet village is set to begin today.
Clearance of the site to make way for the £160 million McArthurGlen Designer Outlet in Cannock, started in July.
The mine shaft work requires steel driven piles, and the piling on site will last up to three weeks with noise and vibrations monitored throughout.
Steel frames are being erected, which are the blocks which will make up the retail units.
Work on the first block of a total of six is 50 per cent complete and work has also begun on the second.
It is estimated that all six will be completed by early May.
Last week work to lay the floor slabs was due to begin, and Amey continues to carry out highways works on behalf of Staffordshire County Council.
Due to be completed in 2020, the scheme will 1,000 jobs for the local area – with Phase I set to be home to 80 sought-after premium and luxury brands offering year-round savings of up to 60 per cent, as well as restaurants and cafes, a children’s play area, bike parking for cyclists and 1,400 car parking spaces.
Cannock Chase District Council granted planning approval for a designer outlet at Mill Green in September 2016 following extensive consultations with the local community.
Following this, in December 2017, McArthurGlen announced a joint venture with Aviva Investors, The Richardson Family and U+I to develop McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Cannock, which will span 285,000 sq ft of retail space across two phases.
The development will become the group’s 26th centre, and their seventh in the UK.
The McArthurGlen Designer Outlet will also deliver an additional £1.5 million investment in various projects that will bring significant benefits to the local community.
This investment programme will include the enhancement and ongoing maintenance of the Mill Green Nature Park, improvements to Cannock Town Centre and the railway station, and support for developing skills and employment prospects for local people.
European Regulations 2016/1103 on matrimonial property regimes and 2016/1104 on the property consequences of registered partnerships are now applicable as part of an enhanced cooperation procedure currently involving 18 Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
Thanks to these two Regulations, the conflict of laws rules are now unified between the Member States participating in the enhanced cooperation to determine the applicable law and the competent court which will decide on the division of assets in the event of, inter alia, separation of the couple or death. For example, for a Franco-German couple living in Brussels, the provisions of the regulations will allow them to choose between the law of their habitual residence (Belgian law) or that of their nationality (French or German law), thus providing them with more predictability and therefore legal certainty.
The EUFides platform (www.eufides.eu) aims to facilitate online collaboration between European notaries. EUFides is a notarial cloud in which two notaries of different nationalities can exchange documents on the same file in a totally secure way. Six notariats participate in this platform: the Belgian, French, German, Italian, Luxembourg and Spanish notariats. Originally designed for the processing of cross-border real estate transactions, EUFides has been extended to other areas of notarial expertise: inheritance law, company law, etc.
Finally, for the general public, the “Couples in Europe” website (www.couples-europe.eu) provides citizens with information on the law of the Member States in the language of their choice. Launched at the end of 2012 with the European Commission’s support, it has now been visited nearly 1 million times, demonstrating that citizens have a significant need to be informed about their legal situation.
The Council of the Notariats of the European Union (CNUE) is an official body representing the notarial profession in dealings with the European institutions. Speaking for the profession, it expresses the joint decisions of its members to the institutions of the European Union. The CNUE includes 22 notarial organisations in the European Union, representing over 40,000 notaries and 200,000 staff. The European notariats are represented in the CNUE by the presidents of the national notariats. The CNUE operates under the authority of a President, the CNUE’s spokesperson, who has tenure for one year.
Businessman Damon Odey is Timaru's new mayor, while Claire Barlow has won a second term leading the Mackenzie District.
Mr Odey replaces Janie Annear, who did not seek re-election, his 10,335 votes nearly double that of rival Steve Earnshaw.
He said his focus as mayor would be to build on the positive growth in the region.
"Timaru's in a pretty good position at the moment so it's just getting the new elected members up to speed and carrying on with business as usual, having a good discussion with them all and just seeing what their plans and thoughts are and making sure we can all work together."
Ms Barlow's 1202 votes were also about double the number for challenger councillor Graeme Page, and she said she was humbled to have been re-elected.
Setting a strategic vision would be among the council's first priorities, and that would mean working as a council to find out what the goals were for the next three years.
"Then I'll be encouraging any new members to have elected member training, so they know what their roles are, and then I'll be just looking forward to getting down to work and another three years in the job," Ms Barlow said.
Gracie Gold of U.S. competes in the Ladies Short Program event during the ISU figure skating Eric Bompard Trophy competition, at Bordeaux's skating arena, south western France, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015.
Consider the gossamer-thin dresses with tiny skirts, bright lights, judges, and dozens of cameras capturing every square inch of skin. It's no wonder figure skating can deliver a fierce blow to the body image.
Canadian stars Kaetlyn Osmond and Meagan Duhamel can understand how an eating disorder can force a skater to back away from the sport, like American star Gracie Gold. The Olympic bronze medallist confirmed recently she was being treated for an eating disorder, along with anxiety and depression, and is sitting out the Grand Prix season.
"I can't say it surprises me, but it saddens me," said Duhamel, a two-time world pairs champion with partner Eric Radford. "You don't want anybody to have to experience something like that."
According to Canada's National Eating Disorder Information Centre, female athletes in aesthetic sports — figure skating, dance, gymnastics — were found to be at the highest risk for eating disorders. Athletes competing in weight-class sports such as wrestling and endurance sports such as distance running were also at an elevated risk.
"Skating is really hard, especially women's skating where we're judged in little tiny dresses," said Osmond, who captured her second Skate Canada International title this past weekend. "Definitely the way you see yourself makes a big difference, and it's really hard if you are a little bit heavier, the jumps are harder because you're putting more weight up into the air."
Russia's Yulia Lipnitskaya, who captured gold at the Sochi Olympics at just 15, wowing the crowd with her "Schindler's List" program, opened up lately about her battles with anorexia. She said the disease dogged her for several years, and checked into a clinic last January. In her final competition, a Grand Prix last fall, the big jumps proved too much and she stopped mid-program, tears welling up. The judges allowed her to eventually finish her program, but she finished last.
"Ultimately, for me, weight is something I have to deal with every year, but I do it with food, because I love food," Osmond said. "But it's a struggle, it's something that I think about."
Duhamel, who with Radford captured the Skate Canada pairs title over the weekend, is all strength and power in her four-foot-nine frame, but it took her some time to accept her muscular body.
"I don't have a feminine lean body with these long lines, and I tried so hard to be able to get rid of some of the muscle and develop these lines, but you can't change genetics, you can't change your body in a healthy way to a certain extent," said the 31-year-old.
"Sometimes I would go home from competitions feeling so insecure, thinking 'Oh those girls in the changing room, they're so tiny.' I'm tiny, I just have a different body type, I'm more stocky, with a muscular body-type that's not seen as much in pairs skating. As I just got older, I accepted myself for what I have, and I learned I wouldn't be able to do the things I can do on the ice if I didn't have the body I have."
Duhamel said once started studying holistic nutrition — she's currently doing a certification program in sports and fitness nutrition — and became a vegan several years ago, she gained a greater understanding that "you can be in really great shape and enjoy food."
"You need to fuel your body and your mind. you can't focus for an entire day of training if you haven't eaten properly, if you haven't fuelled yourself properly. It goes beyond your body image, it goes to your focus, to your energy, to your sleep. All these things that are so important in your life are fuelled from nutrition."
It's unclear whether Gold will compete at the U.S. national championships for a spot on the Pyeongchang Olympic team. She was fourth at the Sochi Games, and part of the U.S. squad that won bronze in the team competition.
Duhamel and Osmond praised Gold for putting her health first.
"We don't want the sport to negatively affect somebody, and the fact that maybe being involved in a sport that is about performance and wearing these little dresses on the ice, to think that might have affected their life in such a negative way, it's sad and it's disappointing," Duhamel said. "Everybody wishes well for anybody who's going through that situation, and wants them to be able to come out the other side with an even better perspective."
Added Osmond: "The people who are dealing with it now, I have the utmost respect for them because this sport is really hard, it's hard on the body."
Command line pros will revel in all the switches and options XXCopy gives for copying and moving files. Want to copy all the files in a directory under a certain file size? You can do it. How about copying only files on or after a certain date? Sure, you can do that as well. You can do all that, and plenty more, because there are more than 160 switches available to you. In fact, if you're willing to put in the time to learn it, you can use this program to back up files and folders, not just copy them.
Note: If you use XXCopy with Windows Vista, you'll have to run the command line as an administrator.
City announces plans to raise taxes for short-term accommodation provided by services like Airbnb to match increase in long-term rentals.
Tel Aviv on Monday announced plans to raise taxes for short-term accommodation provided by services like Airbnb to match an increase in long-term rentals.
"The aim is to create an equilibrium" between tourist accommodation and long-term rentals, the Tel Aviv municipality said in a statement.
Several cities, including Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam, also have taken steps to regulate services like Airbnb which offer short-term accommodation to tourists mainly.
In October, Ireland announced plans to rein in popular short-term rental services such as Airbnb -- whose European headquarters are in Dublin -- in a bid to address a historic housing shortage.
The Tel Aviv municipality did not say by how much it would increase property taxes or when the new policy would take effect.
SALISBURY – Many residents can remember when the town had to count on ambulance services from other towns to assist and transport local patients.
But in 1971, a group of citizens decided Salisbury needed one of its own and they came together to make it happen. One of those forward-thinking individuals was John Harney, who died earlier this year. On Sunday, a large crowd came to the Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance Service barn on Undermountain Road to witness the dedication of the new rescue truck to him.
Elyse Harney, his widow, sat between Rosemary Fudali, an early member of the squad, and Ginny Harris, whose late husband, Rees, was also instrumental in the establishment of the service, as board member Michael Brenner made the official proclamation. He spoke of the outstanding group of individuals who recognized the need for an ambulance 43 years ago.
“John, or Uncle John, as he was known, was one of 13 founding members,” said Brenner. “He drove for so many years. He brought a smile and a jovial presence even to the most horrific calls,” which would help lessen the fear of patients. He also had a calming effect on other squad members, said Brenner.
The squad operates financially on its own, raising funds without assistance from the town or state, said Ginny Harris, widow of Rees Harris, who bought the barn for the squad.
During her address to the group, Elyse Harney noted that Harris was the driving force back in 1971. When the squad was formed, calls came into the White Hart Inn, which was owned by Harris and managed by the Harneys.
She recalled that her husband, like other volunteers, slept with his clothes next to the bed, so he could race out when calls came. The volunteers responded amazingly fast. “They were all so dedicated,” she said.
During one incident they were transporting a pregnant woman whose baby was breech.
On a humorous note, she told about the time the White Hart Inn sign disappeared. There was an ambulance call down on Smith Hill, she recounted, for a person her husband always suspected had taken it. Harney rode in the back with the patient and soon after, the sign reappeared.
Elyse Harney Morris, the couple’s daughter, became an SVAS board member just before her father died, something of which he was so proud, she said. She also pointed out, laughingly, he was among those listed on the bad driver award plaque.
Prior to the ceremony Ginny Harris said the impetus for the establishment of the ambulance service was that a number of local people had been killed around that time and it was thought some might have been saved if there had been a local ambulance. Her husband was the first in the state to become a certified EMT. He had to take the course in Massachusetts, since it was not given in Connecticut.
The association’s first ambulance was named for Fudali’s father, Dr. Harry Wieler. She spoke of “the many good memories” she has of her time as a volunteer.
Jacquie Rice, the squad’s first aid chief, said the 2007 rescue truck was purchased in 2013 in West Virginia. It is now on the road after several upgrades were made. It has many features the old truck, which will still be used, does not possess.
From Friday night football to Thursday afternoon water polo, our Daily Herald photo staff covers prep sports like no one else. Here are our favorite photos from 2018.
Matt Rodriguez (27) of Huntley is mobbed by teammates after hitting a home run in the 6th inning against Loyola in Class 4A sectional semifinal baseball at Boomers Stadium in Schaumburg.
Geneva's Stephanie Hart, right, celebrates her game-winning shot with teammate Brie Borkowicz during the girls basketball Class 4A title game against Montini at Redbird Arena in Normal.
St. Charles North's Cassidy Joyce (22) reacts after scoring a goal during sectional soccer at Geneva High School.
Glasses and players go flying as St. Charles North baserunner Nicholas DeMarco and Batavia infielder Cole Nelson collide on the base path during baseball action at Batavia. The runner was called out but a run scored on the play.
St. Charles East's Truitt Battin (11) puts the first goal past St. Charles North's Bobby Curran (99) Saturday during the championship game of St. Charles East boys soccer regional.
St. Charles North's Tyler Nubin (27) reels in a touchdown pass over Rolling Meadows' Charlie Svoboda (12) during IHSA Class 7A playoff football in St. Charles.
A trail of water makes an interesting pattern behind the ball and forearm of Palatine water polo player Sean O'Brien as he shoots during a home match.
Fremd's Jess Mazur, left, and Fremd's Lexi D'Ambrosio try to put the tag on St. Charles North's Alyssa Domaracki (8) as she scores the only run during the St. Charles North at Fremd sectional softball championship game in Palatine.
Warren's Kelly Beck keeps the enthusiasm level high in the dugout with her rally cups and visor during Saturday's Class 4A girls softball sectional championship against Palatine in Gurnee.
Larkin's Travis Farley celebrates with the Town Jug after a win over crosstown rival Elgin at Memorial Field in Elgin.
Schaumburg's Hana Mollin swims the backstroke in the 200-yard medley relay against Buffalo Grove in a girls swimming meet in Buffalo Grove.
After hitting a grand slam in the seventh inning, Palatine's Amanda Stanczuk (20) is congratulated by teammates Grace Huff and Maddie Craver, right, during the 4A sectional championship game against Warren in Gurnee.
Rolling Meadows' Charlie Svoboda celebrates his 4th quarter touchdown as Meadows defeated Hersey in the varsity football matchup at Rolling Meadows.
Fremd swimmer Sophia Kuehn is astounded as she looks up at her time claiming first place in the girls 200-yard IM at the 2018 ISHA sectionals at Stevenson High School.
Hersey's Will Nagle, top, fouls Grayslake Central's Clay Stoffel as they go to the floor for a loose ball during a game in Arlington Heights.
Round Lake third baseman Angel Cueves (20) and Johnsburg baserunner Nico LoDolce collide at third base during baseball action in Round Lake. Cueves held on to the ball and LoDolce was called out.
Brother Rice quarterback John Bean fumbles the ball out of bounds in front of Warren's Jauan DeLaCruz, on a play which was brought back due to a penalty on the Crusaders during the Class 8A state quarterfinal in Chicago.
Lakes players and coach Jordan Eder, left, react to a missed field goal with two seconds left that sealed their loss to Antioch in a playoff football game in Antioch.
St. Edward keeper Evan Sajtar (1) goes up and over his teammate Cameron Kruk (21) for a save against Stillman Valley in the IHSA Class 1A sectional semifinal in Genoa-Kingston.
Libertyville's Alex Tam runs the 3,200 meter run under heavy skies at the Prospect Invitational boys track and field meet in Mount Prospect.
Carmel's Brock Deardorff breaks up a potential touchdown catch by St. Charles East's Daniel Goetsch (2) during their game in Mundelein.
Stevenson's Sam Farber (7) and Libertyville's Cole Fiorenza go up for the ball during a game in Libertyville.
Lake Zurich's Jr Cison dishes off as Libertyville's Chase Eyre defends during the Class 4A sectional semifinal at Lake Zurich High School.
Hoffman Estates' Abigail Fuscone (7) shoots on Libertyville goalie Katie DeAcetis during girls water polo action in Hoffman Estates.
Lake Zurich players go crazy after beating Libertyville 54-50 in the Class 4A sectional semifinal at Lake Zurich High School.
Glenbard South's Ally Daca shrugs after missing the rim on the first of two free throw attempts during the girls state basketball Class 3A game against Breese Central at Redbird Arena in Normal. She made the second attempt.
Metea Valley's Anna Scovill eyes an opening during a match against Hinsdale South during girls water polo in Aurora.
Glenbard West's Sammy Syracuse competes on the rings during the District 87 boys gymnastics meet at Glenbard East in Lombard.
Libertyville players celebrate on their way to defeating Grayslake Central in game two of agirls volleyball regional game in Libertyville.
Cary-Grove's David Aulert clears the bar in the high jump at the Fox Valley Conference boys track meet at Cary-Grove High School.
Geneva's Onyi Ukaobasi and Darian Waits of Hoffman Estates approach the last hurdles during a race at St. Charles North.
Batavia's Jack Meyers is called out at the plate with a tag by St. Charles North's Sean Nemetz during baseball action at Batavia.

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