Monday, December 8, 2014

Mobile apps still collect information on kids

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2013 file photo, an attendee plays Fruit Ninja at the Panasonic booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. More than a year after federal regulators issued new privacy rules for kids’ mobile apps, online stores remain flooded with cute and silly software programs that quietly collect vast amounts of data on the youngest consumers, including a person’s location and even recordings of their voice, according to privacy researchers and consumer advocates. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a year after federal regulators issued new privacy rules for kids' mobile apps, online stores are flooded with cute and silly software programs that quietly collect vast amounts of data on the youngest consumers, including a person's location and even recordings of their voice, according to privacy researchers and consumer advocates.








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