Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I did but the problem is that with this new device I do not have a clue, to be honest, what my security settings are. I should but the vast majority of people do not have a clue. Google is taking for consent what is not consent. When I open my Google search, what comes up in my Google feed is the ask Google Assistant. I could easily flick that on. I must have on that day because there is no other explanation as to why the Department of Education came up on my feed. It must have been recording, or hearing, what I said.

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