Digital Smarts - Voice Recognition Technology Has Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues

Voice recognition technology is growing rapidly, but the data generated – including this such as the voice of a child reading a story stored on digital media- qualifies as personal information, raising privacy and compliance issues, writes Joseph Lazzarotti of law firm Jackson Lewis. In a commentary, Lazzarotti outlines seven factors for schools and businesses to consider, concluding that "creating a robust data protection program or regularly reviewing an existing one is a critical risk management and legal compliance step."