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Connected tech: smart or sinister?

Inquiry

The DCMS Committee will examine the impacts of the increasing prevalence of smart and connected technology and what needs to be done to ensure it is safe and secure for its users.

The Connected tech: smart or sinister? inquiry will explore how devices including smart speakers, virtual assistants such as Alexa and Siri and wearable tech such as Fitbits, are reshaping life in homes and workplaces and across towns and cities.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Thursday 23 June 2022.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Eleventh Report - Connected tech: AI and creative technology
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Third Special Report - Connected tech: AI and creative technology: Government Response to the Committee’s Eleventh Report of Session 2022–23
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Third Special Report - Connected tech: AI and creative technology: Government Response to the Committee’s Eleventh Report of Session 2022–23
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Tenth Report - Connected tech: smart or sinister?
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Second Special Report - Connected tech: smart or sinister?: Government and the Information Commissioner’s Office Response to the Committee’s Tenth Report of Session 2022–23
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Correspondence

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Letter from John Edwards, Information Commissioner, relating to oral evidence on 17 January, 6 February 2023
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Oral evidence transcripts

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31 January 2023
Inquiry Connected tech: smart or sinister?
Witnesses Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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17 January 2023
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Witnesses Google, and Amazon
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17 January 2023
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Witnesses Information Commissioner's Office, and Information Commissioner's Office
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Written evidence

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(ISC)2 (TEC0066)
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Amazon (TEC0065)
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The University of Manchester (TEC0064)
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