CEA responded to urging from Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,...
CEA responded to urging from Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for the TV industry to jointly address what he sees as security concerns in smart TVs (CD Aug 6 p4). “We appreciate Sen. Schumer’s concerns about consumers’ safety and privacy as…
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they realize the many benefits of ’smart’ televisions, specifically those TVs equipped with embedded microphones and cameras,” said CEA President Gary Shapiro in a written statement Wednesday. “The consumer technology industry takes these issues seriously and constantly strives to ensure consumers have the opportunity to maximize and individualize control over their privacy and security as they use our industry’s products and services.” The industry has to “move carefully in this area,” Shapiro said, to consider all concerns “and to strike the appropriate balance between allowing consumers to have control over their privacy and providing them with full access to useful product functions and features.” Eliminating video recognition from TVs, for example, “could impair a wide range of useful features such as gesture and facial recognition, interactive gaming and video communications,” he said. CEA is reviewing the issues and Schumer’s request in more detail, said Shapiro.