Nick Merker Quoted in Bloomberg Law: "Vizio Settles Claims It Collected, Sold Customer TV Viewing Habits"

Ice Miller LLP partner Nick Merker was quoted in the Bloomberg Law article, "Vizio Settles Claims It Collected, Sold Customer TV Viewing Habits."

The article included:

Makers of smart devices that collect large amounts of consumer information should also consider incorporating privacy and cybersecurity measures into the product’s initial design in order to mitigate risk from security vulnerabilities, attorneys said.

“The push to get a connected device to market needs to be balanced against privacy and security risks,” said Nicholas Merker, Indianapolis-based partner and co-chair of Ice Miller LLP’s data security and privacy practice.