Samsung has warned owners of its “smart” television that its speech command technology may be capturing private information and sending it to an unidentified third party.

The electronics giant said that owners of its range of internet-connected Smart TVs should not use “personal or other sensitive information” when using the voice recognition function.

Samsung’s Smart TVs have remote controls with microphones that allow those nearby to operate them with speech commands. Smart TVs can also be connected to the internet for access to on-demand streaming services such as Netflix.

Samsung’s warning appears in a supplement to its Smart TV privacy policy. It says: “If you enable voice recognition, you can interact with your Smart TV using your voice. To provide you the voice-recognition feature, some