Your smart TV is watching you. Some may not mind being tracked
as it allows more personal ads sent to you. Others may not like
being tracked for any reason. Saw this in USA Today and thought
I would share how to turn off smart TV tracking.
LG - In the
menu, click to Settings, which brings you to All Settings, and
find your way to General. The feature to look for here is
LivePlus, which is what LG calls the ACR technology. This is the
one you want to turn off.
Samsung - On
newer sets, go for Settings in the menu, then Support, then
Terms & Policies. From there, Consumer Reports suggests
pulling Viewing Information Services to opt out of. On older
models, Consumer Reports says to click on Support and then
select Terms & Policy and then SyncPlus and Marketing to
turn off ACR.
Sony - Consumer
Reports notes that ACR is turned on during setup of the TV, via
agreements with Sony, which makes the TV; Google, which provides
the AndroidTV operating system; and Samba TV, a company that
gathers analytics on viewers' habits that advertisers can use
for targeted ad campaigns. On Sony TVs, you need to get go back
to the setup, available within Settings, to turn off ACR. If you
want some of the Web connectivity, but not everything, you can
agree to Sony and Google policies, and then when you come to
Samba TV, opt out of ACR by clicking 'disable'.
TCL/Roku - TCL,
Hisense, Hitachi, Insignia, Philips, RCA and Sharp.
Turn off ACR by going to Settings, then Privacy, and "Smart TV
Experience." Consumer Reports says you can uncheck "Use
Information for TV Inputs" to disable ACR.
Vizio - Select
System, click on Reset & Admin and opt for Viewing Data to
opt out of ACR.