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)
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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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.