{"id":5304,"date":"2026-10-15T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=5304"},"modified":"2026-10-15T21:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:37:30","slug":"data-privacy-smart-tvs-arent-spying-on-consumers-lg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=5304","title":{"rendered":"Data Privacy: Smart TVs aren\u2019t spying on consumers &#8212; LG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*<strong><em>South Korean electronics manufacturer LG assures consumers that its smart TV sets do not record ambient conversations unless voice controls are activated, stating &#8216;they\u2019re just being smart&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect<\/p>\n<p>As technologies continue to evolve in the globalised economy, South Korean electronics manufacturer LG has denied that its smart TVs are secretly eavesdropping on consumers.<\/p>\n<p>LG TV rather assured consumers that its smart TV sets do not record ambient conversations &#8220;unless voice controls are activated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dPeqQxYFo9\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=5291\">REA, NCC to expand rural connectivity, cut costs for telecoms consumers<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cREA, NCC to expand rural connectivity, cut costs for telecoms consumers\u201d \u2014 Consumer Experience Is A Top Priority\" src=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?p=5291&amp;embed=true#?secret=pLmTw4Pj3S#?secret=dPeqQxYFo9\" data-secret=\"dPeqQxYFo9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to the company, LG, smart TVs process voice data only when the voice button on the remote control is pressed and held, or when a wake word is recognised after the user has activated the Far-Field voice recognition feature.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean electronics manufacturer also reiterated that LG\u2019s smart TVs do not collect, or record ambient conversations under any other circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>TVs can scan for and connect to nearby devices on the same network, the company noted.<\/p>\n<p>LG, however, acknowledged this is a standard feature of smart TVs, and smart home devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*South Korean electronics manufacturer LG assures consumers that its smart TV sets do not record ambient conversations unless voice controls are activated, stating &#8216;they\u2019re just&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"Photo: TheSeller ","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_customify_content_layout":"","_customify_sidebar":"","_customify_page_header_display":"default","_customify_disable_header":"","_customify_disable_header_top":"","_customify_disable_header_main":"","_customify_disable_header_bottom":"","_customify_disable_page_title":"","_customify_disable_content_vertical_padding":"","_customify_disable_footer_top":"","_customify_disable_footer_main":"","_customify_disable_footer_bottom":"","_customify_breadcrumb_display":"","_customify_header_transparent_display":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights","category-infoeducation","category-markets"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LG_TV_672x365.jpg",672,365,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LG_TV_672x365-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LG_TV_672x365-300x163.jpg",300,163,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LG_TV_672x365.jpg",672,365,false],"large":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LG_TV_672x365.jpg",672,365,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LG_TV_672x365.jpg",672,365,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LG_TV_672x365.jpg",672,365,false]},"author_info":{"info":["ConsumerConnect"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?cat=20\" rel=\"category\">Highlights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">InfoEducation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/?cat=4\" rel=\"category\">Markets<\/a>","tag_info":"Markets","comment_count":"3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5317,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304\/revisions\/5317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerconnectng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}