Have one of LG's smart TV's? Well if so, you may want to check your network traffic. LG has confirmed that some of its smart TVs have been logging their owners' viewing habits.

UK–based developer Jason Huntley analyzed network traffic coming from his LG TV and found that it transmitted the names of TV channels and media files he was watching. This despite a data-collection feature supposedly disabled.

LG has issued a statement essentially admitting that all of these findings are true.

The statement, goes on to acknowledge that some LG TVs do transmit data about what the viewer is watching. LG goes on to say that no one should take it personally.

"Information such as channel, TV platform, broadcast source, etc. that is collected by certain LG Smart TVs is not personal but viewing information," the statement explains. The information is collected, it says, in order to provide "more relevant advertisements and to offer recommendations to viewers based on what other LG Smart TV owners are watching."


A firmware update for the affected TVs is in the works, but no release date has been announced. The update will stop the gathering and reporting as well as close the network-scanning feature.