German regulators have ordered Google to stop listening to Google Home recordings. German data protection commissioner cites privacy concerns and a likely breach of the EU privacy act. The news comes as Apple announces it has suspended its own programme of using contractors to grade Siri conversations. Amazon is the only major provider of voice assistant technology still using humans to check recordings in the EU Earlier this year, Bloomberg made similar revelations were made about contractors listening to Amazons Alexa recordings: Two of the workers said they picked up what they believe was a sexual assault.”]