Over the last few days there has been a lot of press about Samsung’s Smart TVs and whether they monitor your conversations.
Samsung has now released an official statement and the company has said that their range of Smart TVs do not actually monitor what you are saying.
Samsung takes consumer privacy very seriously and our products are designed with privacy in mind. We employ industry-standard security safeguards and practices, including data encryption, to secure consumers’ personal information and prevent unauthorized collection or use.
Some Samsung Smart TVs offer voice recognitions functions. These functions are enabled only when users agree to the separate Samsung Privacy Policy and Terms of Use regarding this function when initially setting up the TV. Apart from initial setup, users are given the choice to activate or deactivate the voice recognition feature at any time.
Samsung has said that a description of the service in their privacy policy is what has led to the confusion.
You can find out more information about Samsung’s stance on privacy and their Smart TVs at the link below.
Source Samsung
