December 23, 2019December 23, 2019Actual Cases Kids smart trackers and vulnerabilities An interesting and insightful article from PenTestPartners on vulnerabilities that have appeared in kid smart trackers and IoT devices. Kids smart tracker […]
June 6, 2018June 6, 2018Actual Cases Complaint from US watchdog: YouTube illegally collects data on childrenz from US watchdog: YouTube illegally collects data on children Complaint filed with US watchdog which mentions that youtube illegally collects data on children. A coalition of 23 child advocacy, consumer and […]
May 10, 2018Actual Cases Mozilla vs. Amazon regarding kids privacy protection Mozilla calls on Amazon to present its privacy information more clearly for the Echo Dot Kids Edition. Amazon’s product page for its new Echo […]
May 10, 2018October 29, 2018Actual Cases Smart toys are a minefield, for both toymakers and parents Smart toys and privacy… One more article that all parents should read, because it seemt that there’s a thin line to walk […]
April 5, 2017August 31, 2018Actual Cases A lawyer rewrote Instagram’s Privacy Policy for kids and parents In Britain, more than half of 12- to 15-year-olds are on Instagram, according to OfCom (pdf), the country’s communications regulator. So are […]
March 7, 2017May 10, 2018Actual Cases MyFriendCayla banned. What about other listening Bluetooth devices? What is the current state of other listening devices. Following the German banning of the US company Genesis Toys’ My Friend Cayla […]
February 28, 2017May 10, 2018Actual Cases Data from connected CloudPets teddy bears leaked and ransomed! This an interesting story about cloudpets and privacy. Only a couple of weeks ago, there were a lot of news headlines about […]
January 11, 2017May 10, 2018Actual Cases 9 baby monitors wide open to hacks that expose users’ most private moments Despite its ubiquity, Internet of Things security still isn’t ready for prime time. The security of Internet-connected baby monitors got a failing […]