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Do you have a TV LG Smart TV? That probably want to upgrade the firmware. Then only this TV will stop collecting data on what you enjoy and what strumieniujesz programs through its network.
have turned off in the settings of the TV LG anonymous data collection about your how to use this device? Do not be. TV LG further analyze the files that strumieniujesz and channels that you watch, and then send the information to the manufacturer.
data as provides LG, remain anonymous and are designed to “improve services and better selection of TV ads to user characteristics.” The manufacturer is currently working on updating the software of their television sets to those no longer collect information about their users if you do not agree to this agreement. The company issued a formal apology, which we publish below.
Collecting information about a user watched television channels, the signal source, use Smart TV platform.
information is collected by TV LG Smart TV, but they are not personal data and quantitative information.
information provided under the Smart TV platform and are designed to better align advertising materials and recommend content based on the information about what users are watching TV LG Smart TV.
Company analyzed the notification that the TV sends information, including when the function of the collection has been turned off in the TV menu. However, we can ensure that this information is not stored and maintained.
LG has taken the efforts to introduce new software, so that when you turn off the function of sending information, the transmission of the TV to the statistical systems LG will be blocked.
Getting information regarding the names of media files stored on external media
TVs LG Smart TV, the names of media files stored on external media such as USB, were indexed, and on this basis were created keyword list, while the file names were never recorded and stored in LG systems.
Creating keyword lists was to be part of the new features, prepared in order to create a better system of search and recommendation Internet content related to the TV program you are watching. However, the search system and a recommendation was never implemented in its entirety, and no personal data or information about the file names have never been collected or stored by LG.
addition, LG Electronics provides that with a software update in preparation, indexing media files will be deleted from the TV Smart TV. LG regrets the skutów that the information can call and ensures that continues the activities that are designed to meet the expectations of our customers and the public.
Updated 16:23 11/22/2013:
WP.PL sent further explanation from the company LG Electronics. It follows that the information gathered company does not, however, served to personalize the advertising, to which the company admitted earlier. Here’s the original post LG “The information provided in the platform Smart TV by LG were not used for the purposes of adapting the content of advertising, and were aimed at recommending content based on the information about what users are watching TV LG Smart TV.”
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