Aaron's Agrees to Stop Spying on Computer Renters

Aaron's Inc., a rent-to-own retailer, has agreed to stop using software to secretly spy on and photograph customers who rented computers. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had accused Aaron's and its franchisees of using software to monitor customers’ computer keystrokes and secretly watch them in their homes through the computers’ webcams. In some instances, the company captured images of customers engaged in what the FTC called "intimate activities."