Hisense Smart TV
Hisense · Smart TV
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Index
Allegedly takes screenshots of the viewer's screen roughly every half second via ACR and sells resulting data for targeted ads, per the Texas AG's December 2025 lawsuit against five TV makers.
Why this rating
Hisense allegedly takes screenshots of the viewer's screen roughly every half second via ACR and sells the resulting data for targeted ads, per the Texas AG's December 2025 lawsuit naming it among five TV makers.
What it is
- Requires a cloud account
- Works offline
- Manufacturer
- Hisense
- Category
- Smart TV
- Model years
- 2015-present
- Market status
- Current
- Companion app
- VIDAA
The evidence 2
Independent research, regulatory action, lawsuits, breaches and journalism about this device — the "what actually happens" axis. Each links to its source.
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Docket record of the Texas Attorney General's consolidated lawsuit against Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense and TCL over smart TV ACR data practices.
Why it matters here: Court docket confirms Hisense as a named defendant.
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Texas AG sued Samsung, LG, Sony, TCL and Hisense in December 2025 alleging their smart TVs conduct automatic content recognition amounting to mass surveillance without adequate consent.
Why it matters here: Texas AG lawsuit names Hisense's alleged half-second screenshot-based ACR tracking.
Descriptive, cited, not legal advice; ratings are versioned and corrections create a new version. Data from the IoT Info Grabber DB research project, CC BY-SA 4.0.