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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

To Disclose or Not To Disclose: The FTC’s Dueling Concurrences over Deceptive Omissions in Lenovo

On September 5, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it and 32 state attorneys general had settled charges with Lenovo, Inc., regarding the company’s practice of pre-loading advertising software on its...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Lenovo Agrees to Settle Data Security Case with FTC and 32 AGs

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on September 5, 2017, that it has settled with Lenovo regarding allegations that Lenovo “harmed customers by pre-loading software on some laptops that compromised security...more

King & Spalding

Lenovo’s Unsecure Adware On Consumer PCs Prompts Class Action Lawsuits

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Security experts recently discovered that about 50 different consumer PC models sold by Lenovo since September 2014 were shipped with adware known as Superfish Visual Discovery that could be exploited by hackers to spoof...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Do Your Due Diligence – Security Concerns May Lurk in Unexpected Places

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In 2014, Lenovo began selling its laptops bundled with a piece of software known as SuperFish, which enabled Lenovo to display more targeted advertising content to its users to “enhance [the] user experience” of its...more

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