Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Samsung has admitted its televisions can transmit user data to third-parties, including overheard conversations, making it the latest technology company to face a backlash for how data is collected from users. The world’s biggest maker of TVs said its Web-connected sets can collect private conversations when users activate its voice-recognition function. Consumers can turn the function on or off at any time, the company said in an e-mailed statement. The data collection practices on Samsung’s TVs are contained in the user agreements, the so-called click-to-agree screen found during the setup of most modern technology. Google, LinkedIn, and Yahoo! have been sued by customers over how they collect data while Apple last year updated privacy policies to reassure users that their data is safe. “If you’re watching TV, TV should not be watching you back,” Julia Horwitz, a consumer protection counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, told Bloomberg Television. “Consumers, like the company, don’t know what will happen after the data is collected.” When a user gives a voice command to a Web-connected TV, the data is sent to a server to search for the requested content, Samsung said. In a supplemental TV note posted on its website, the company […]
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