United States:
Computer Manufacturer Settles FTC Charges Relating To Compromised Preinstalled Software
27 November 2017
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On September 5, the FTC entered a consent agreement with a prominent computer
manufacturer over allegations that the company sold consumer
laptops with preinstalled software that interfered with how a
user's browser interacted with websites and delivered pop-up
advertisements. As part of the settlement, the manufacturer must
retain consumers' affirmative consent before pre-installing
sensitive software and is required to implement a comprehensive
software security program for most consumer software preloaded on
its laptops for the next 20 years.
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