Your LG TV is constantly collecting your data – here’s how to stop it
Home & Office > Home Entertainment > TVs Your LG TV is constantly collecting your data – here’s how to stop it Factory resetting your LG TV is the only way to remove certain data logs from its hardware. With ultra-sensitive microphones that are always listening and extensive user activity logs, your living room has become a data farm where you are the cash crop. And it’s not just LG; just about every major TV brand engages in some data collection either for sale to third-party advertisers or for internal marketing.
- ▪Home & Office > Home Entertainment > TVs Your LG TV is constantly collecting your data – here’s how to stop it Factory resetting your LG TV is the only way to remove certain data logs from its hardware.
- ▪With ultra-sensitive microphones that are always listening and extensive user activity logs, your living room has become a data farm where you are the cash crop.
- ▪And it’s not just LG; just about every major TV brand engages in some data collection either for sale to third-party advertisers or for internal marketing.
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Home & Office > Home Entertainment > TVs Your LG TV is constantly collecting your data – here’s how to stop it Factory resetting your LG TV is the only way to remove certain data logs from its hardware. Taylor Clemons Staff Writer Taylor Clemons is a tech writer and reviewer based near Cleveland, OH.… Read full bio Taylor Clemons Staff Writer Read full bio September 25, 2026, 8:18 am ET 4 min read Adam Breeden/ZDNET A few weeks ago, YouTube channel Gamers Nexus dropped an explosive two-hour video exposing just how extensive LG’s TV data collection has become. With ultra-sensitive microphones that are always listening and extensive user activity logs, your living room has become a data farm where you are the cash crop.
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