June 2022 – Submission to UK Parliament DCMS Commons Select Committee by Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment (PHIRE)

22nd June 2022

Written evidence submitted by the Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment (PHIRE)

Submission to the DCMS Commons Select Committee, UK Parliament Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Inquiry: ‘Connected tech: smart or sinister?’

“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.”

About the responding organisation

The Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment (PHIRE) is an independent association of medical doctors and associated specialists assembled for the purposes of improving education regarding health effects of non-ionising radiation (NIR).

We collate research produced globally on this issue, share and critique it, and also conduct our own research. We use the resulting knowledge to help educate ourselves and others, improve best practice guidance, and facilitate the protection and support of vulnerable groups.

https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/109460/html