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Hisense
Headline
Hisense is the only TV maker in the Texas ACR cases under a court order.
Not independently verified. Verification status: Unverified - heuristic first draft. Publish state: draft unverified.
Hisense is the only TV maker in the Texas ACR cases under a court order. Texas sued in December 2025 alleging Hisense TVs captured on-screen content and sent viewing data back without consent, and that Hisense did not tell Texans Chinese law can require it to hand that data to the Chinese government. On Dec. 17, 2025 Texas announced a temporary restraining order barring Hisense from collecting, using, selling, sharing or transferring Texans' ACR data while the case proceeds. The case remains in litigation.
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- Evidence tierUnassigned
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- Last verified2026-10-16
Primary source. www.fox4news.com/news/texas-restraining-order-hisense — Unverified - heuristic first draft.
Terms
Arbitration
Not verified this pass
Data sharing
ALLEGED: ACR viewing-data collection without consent and nondisclosure of potential compelled transfer to the PRC government. DISCLOSED: website privacy policy acknowledges ACR-related audio information used for Hisense's and business partners' marketing.
Fees and billing
None found this pass.
Contacts
Privacy contact. Not recorded.
Legal notice. Not verified this pass.
Mailing address. Not recorded.
Evidence
No claims have been itemized for this row yet.
Sources
| Source | Claim | Tier | Status | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| News report · 2025-12-17 www.techspot.com/news/110630-texas-sues-five-smart-tv-makers-over-claims.html | whole row | Unassigned | confirmed | “an uninvited, invisible digital invader” Quote basis: not recorded. |
| News report (quotes Texas AG) · 2025-12-17 www.fox4news.com/news/texas-restraining-order-hisense | whole row | Unassigned | confirmed | “prevents Hisense from (1) collecting and (2) using, selling, sharing, disclosing, or transferring ACR data about Texans” Quote basis: not recorded. |
| State AG press release · 2026-05-11 texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-major-agreement-lg-protect-texans-privacy-and-stop-data-being | whole row | Unassigned | confirmed | “Cases against Sony and Hisense and TCL Technology, the latter two of which are based in China, remain ongoing.” Quote basis: not recorded. |
| Secondary (privacy vendor blog) · 2026-07-31 secureprivacy.ai/blog/samsung-lg-texas-acr-settlements-smart-tv-consent-ctv-publishers | whole row | Unassigned | confirmed | “Sony, Hisense, and TCL remain in active litigation.” Quote basis: not recorded. |
| Company privacy policy · 2020-01-01 www.hisense-usa.com/privacy-policy | whole row | Unassigned | confirmed | “audio information in connection with the Automated Content Recognition service” Quote basis: not recorded. |
Source vault
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| Document | Last fetch | |
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| Privacy policy https://www.hisense-usa.com/privacy-policy | Not fetched yet | NOT CONFIRMED |
| Terms of service No URL recorded | Not fetched yet | NOT CONFIRMED |
| Website https://www.hisense-usa.com | Not fetched yet | — |
| Primary source https://www.fox4news.com/news/texas-restraining-order-hisense Verification: Unverified - heuristic first draft | Not fetched yet | — |
Enforcement
| Action | Amount | Link |
|---|---|---|
| State of Texas v. Samsung, Sony, LG, Hisense, and TCL (smart TV ACR suits) Texas Attorney General, 2025 Petitions announced Dec. 15, 2025; Hisense TRO announced Dec. 17, 2025; Samsung agreement Feb. 26, 2026; LG settlement May 11, 2026. | — | proposed |
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State statute
No HQ state on file, so no state statute applies by headquarters.
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