ADT is subject to another class action lawsuit against a former employee caught spying on customers over a seven-year period.

In the complaint, Vivint asserts that ADT’s Pulse, Control and Blue security systems infringe six of Vivint’s U.S. patents related to security and smart home technology.

SDM sat down with David Smail, chief legal officer at ADT, to discuss what deceptive sales practices look like and how to prevent them.

CPI Security Systems, SDM’s 2019 Dealer of the Year, filed a lawsuit on Sept. 11 against Vivint Smart Home, accusing the company of tricking customers into signing up for Vivint’s services by posing as CPI employees or representatives.

The company announced that a patent infringement lawsuit initiated by a non-practicing entity (NPE) was withdrawn by the NPE at an early stage of the proceedings. 

ADT is facing two class action lawsuits after it was revealed that a Dallas, Texas-area service employee was spying on hundreds of customers over a period of seven years. 

DIY video surveillance company Ring and parent company Amazon are facing a federal lawsuit that claims the companies have not done enough to protect their products from security attacks.

ADT, a provider of monitored security and interactive home and business automation solutions in the United States and Canada, today announced that the company was awarded $3 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages against Alder Holdings LLC, a Utah-based company.