In February 2015, Samsung's SmartTV privacy policy revealed that 'if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party.' The company sent voice data to Nuance Communications for processing, and researchers found the data was transmitted unencrypted. Even opting out of voice recognition did not stop data collection — pre-programmed commands were still captured and analyzed. This confirmed years of 'paranoid' warnings about smart TVs spying.