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Privacy Foundation Exposes TiVo Information Collection

The Privacy Foundation has discovered that the TiVo personal video recorder collects information about users� TV viewing habits, and communicates the information back to the company�s headquarters.

TiVo�s Data Collection and Privacy Practices, Privacy Foundation, March 26, 2001.
Privacy Foundation criticizes TiVo practices, SiliconValley.com, March 25, 2001.
Privacy Group Raises Questions About TiVo, New York Times (Reuters), March 27, 2001 (registration required).
Personal Tech: TV that stares right back at you, US News and World Report, April 2, 2001.