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Children's Toys Privacy Concerns

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

You Should Know - September 2019

Smart Toys Can Put Your Child’s Privacy, Safety at Risk - Kids today have the kind of toys their parents could only dream of. Everything from tablets to teddy bears could have motion sensors, speakers and microphones to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Regulating the Internet of Toys

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New technologies and the expansion of the Internet of Things have allowed children of this generation to experience seamless interactive technologies through microphones, GPS devices, speech recognition, sensors, cameras and...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Keeping Up with Cayla: Concerns over Interactive Toys Spur an FTC Update of COPPA Guidelines

“Pleeeease?!” Buying a quick gift or giving in to your child’s pleas for a new toy is quickly becoming a more serious decision. In the age where toys can happily entertain kids by talking to them, the few precious moments...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FBI Issues Warning about Internet-Connected Toys

We previously reported about the microphone and video capabilities of Echo technology. The FBI is also concerned about this technology being used in toys that are connected to the Internet....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Toys Not Immune from Scrutiny Over Privacy and Security Weaknesses

In the wake of the holiday season, it seems that even toys are not immune from privacy and security pitfalls. Two “connected” toys, Genesis Toys’ My Friend Cayla and i-Que robot, have been accused of violating U.S. and...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FTC Complaint Made Against Genesis Toys and Nuance Communications

On December 6, 2016, The Electronic Privacy Information Center, The Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, The Center for Digital Democracy and Consumers Union filed a Complaint and Request for Investigation, Injunction...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Are kids’ connected toys secure enough?

If the Hello Barbie complaints weren’t enough, now it has been announced that researchers determined that the kids’ toys, the Fisher-Price Smart Toy Bear and the hereO GPS watch, had some serious security vulnerabilities. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Hello Barbie may not be as smart as we thought

We wrote previously about the “Hell No Barbie Campaign” and the recent lawsuit against Mattel for its Hello Barbie doll privacy violations, but through all this hype, we have yet to learn exactly what Hello Barbie is truly...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

VTech discloses cyberattack exposing 5 million parents and kids’ personal information

VTech, an electronic toy maker, disclosed on November 30, 2015 that it experienced a cyber-attack on its Learning Lodge app store portal on November 14, 2015, that accessed and stole the personal information of 5 million...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

“Hell No Barbie” Campaign against the new interactive doll with artificial intelligence

Well folks, it’s that time of year again, the time of year where the latest and greatest toys hit the shelves just in time for the Christmas shopping season. This year, one of the most controversial toys to hit the shelves...more

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