![Stories of the Week | PBS NewsHour Podcast | PBS show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/011/424/small/stories-of-the-week-newshour-with-jim-lehrer-podcast-pbs.jpg)
Summary: Smart gadgets collect user information so that they can adapt to individual habits and personal tastes. But as this technology becomes more pervasive -- embedded in automobiles, refrigerators, even fire alarms and thermostats -- many fear the ways that private companies could misuse private customer data. Jeffrey Brown reports.