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Connected toys
Connected toys are internet-enabled devices with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or other capabilities built in. These toys, which may or may not be smart toys, provide a more personalized play experience for children through embedded software that can offer app integration, speech and/or image recognition, RFID functionality, and web searching functions. A connected toy usually collects information about the users either voluntarily or involuntarily, which raises concerns on the topic of privacy. The data collected by the connected toys are usually stored in a database, where companies that produce connected toys can use the data for their own purposes, provided they do so in line with the protections outlined in the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).[citation needed]
Different information can be collected by children's connected toys, including information from both parents and children.
Information that can be collected from children includes:
Information that can be collected from parents includes:
The collection of information by the connected toys can happen either voluntarily or involuntarily. Common ways of information collection include:
There are concerns that children's information is not secured properly due to previous data breaches. Information collected by the toy companies is usually accessible by the public with little encryption on the system due to the lack of awareness of information privacy.
Connected toys have been at the center of several high-profile data breaches, which have raised concerns over the methods that toy companies use to protect children's information.
In 2017, CloudPets toys by the company Spiral Toys experienced a significant data leak on its database. CloudPets stores all its information collected from the stuffed toys in an online database. According to cybersecurity expert Troy Hunt, more than 820, 000 user accounts were exposed and over 2.2 million voice messages, from both children and parents, were leaked during the severe CloudPets data breach. The cause of the data leak was because of the insecure database that Spiral Toys used in order to store the information collected. The database was easily accessible by the general public before the data leak happened.
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Connected toys
Connected toys are internet-enabled devices with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or other capabilities built in. These toys, which may or may not be smart toys, provide a more personalized play experience for children through embedded software that can offer app integration, speech and/or image recognition, RFID functionality, and web searching functions. A connected toy usually collects information about the users either voluntarily or involuntarily, which raises concerns on the topic of privacy. The data collected by the connected toys are usually stored in a database, where companies that produce connected toys can use the data for their own purposes, provided they do so in line with the protections outlined in the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).[citation needed]
Different information can be collected by children's connected toys, including information from both parents and children.
Information that can be collected from children includes:
Information that can be collected from parents includes:
The collection of information by the connected toys can happen either voluntarily or involuntarily. Common ways of information collection include:
There are concerns that children's information is not secured properly due to previous data breaches. Information collected by the toy companies is usually accessible by the public with little encryption on the system due to the lack of awareness of information privacy.
Connected toys have been at the center of several high-profile data breaches, which have raised concerns over the methods that toy companies use to protect children's information.
In 2017, CloudPets toys by the company Spiral Toys experienced a significant data leak on its database. CloudPets stores all its information collected from the stuffed toys in an online database. According to cybersecurity expert Troy Hunt, more than 820, 000 user accounts were exposed and over 2.2 million voice messages, from both children and parents, were leaked during the severe CloudPets data breach. The cause of the data leak was because of the insecure database that Spiral Toys used in order to store the information collected. The database was easily accessible by the general public before the data leak happened.