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US FCC fine to Eken likely presages more enforcement for Chinese IoT manufacturers

By Mike Swift ( November 21, 2024, 22:02 GMT | Insight) -- In what appears to be the first step in a crackdown by the US Federal Communications Commission against privacy and data security threats from "cheap and insecure" Chinese electronics, the regulator has proposed a $735,000 fine against Eken Group's Internet-connected video doorbell company.The US Federal Trade Commission today proposed Hong Kong video doorbell-maker Eken pay a $735,000 fine amid privacy and data security concerns around whether its products were properly certified as safe for US consumers, the first in what could be a wave of actions against Chinese Internet of Things manufacturers....

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