Consumer Group Warns Hi-Tech TVs and Washing Machines Harvesting Personal Data

Which? found a number of household devices made by Chinese companies also placed trackers on gadgets, often passed on to other big tech businesses.

Smart home service devices is displayed at CES 2017 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev., on Jan. 5, 2017. Ethan Miller/Getty Images

High-tech doorbells, TVs and even washing machines are invading our privacy by gleaming personal data, a consumer group has warned.

Which? has concluded that the smart gadgets are collecting more data than is needed, going as far as branding the household devices “spies in the home”.