Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Lenovo will pay a $3.5 million fine for preinstalling adware on certain laptops
“As part of the settlement with the FTC, Lenovo is prohibited from misrepresenting any features of software preloaded on laptops that will inject advertising into consumers’ internet browsing sessions or transmit sensitive consumer information to third parties,” the trade group writes. That’s pretty clear cut, but the FTC has more stipulations in place too. “The company must also get consumers’ 
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