Most of us first heard about SilverPush back in 2016, and now a new study shows that over 200 applications are using the company's technology. Once installed, an application will listen for ultrasonic ad beacons 18kHz to 20kHz from TV ads.
Silverpush is a piece of tech that lets an app monitor what you're watching on TV. The warning letter was sent to 12 app developers who were using the technology but not informing their users of the data collection.
Since this data collection isn't explained to the user, this violates Section 5...
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