
On November 19, 2013, thanks to an
article on Habré, the world learned that modern televisions can secretly collect and send "side by side" certain information relating to their users. Several resources immediately reprinted the news, and in the commentaries of reprints and on Habré, quite serious "storms in glasses of water" broke out.
I, in turn, wondered what position the state regulatory authorities would take in this situation and whether they would take the side of consumers. As a result, through the
site of the Stavropol OFAS, I submitted a statement summarizing the situation described in the above topic, and containing a link to it. A couple of weeks came the response from the Antimonopoly Service.
The answer contained a message on the transfer of the question for consideration to the Office of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications in the North Caucasus District.
response from the Antimonopoly Service ')
Three weeks later, the Communications Supervision Authority responded, and their letter disappointed me, as it stated that no violations had been recorded.
response from the Office of Communications Oversight Thus, it becomes clear that at the moment such dubious practices by vendors will most often go unpunished.