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Lenovo Will Pay $3.5 Million To States For Privacy-Invading Ad Software

Lenovo Will Pay $3.5 Million To States For Privacy-Invading Ad Software

Only hours after Lenovo got off with what amounted to a warning and a promise to not do illegal stuff going forward, the tech company has agreed to pay a total of $3.5 million to a coalition of 32 states to settle allegations that Lenovo knowingly sold laptops that came with ad-injection software that put all of their online data at risk. [More]