Call for smart home devices to bake in privacy safeguards for kids

guest · Sep 19, 2018

Call for smart home devices to bake in privacy safeguards for kids
September 19, 2018
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/18/c...vices-to-bake-in-privacy-safeguards-for-kids/

A new research report has raised concerns about how in-home smart devices such as AI virtual voice assistants, smart appliances, and security and monitoring technologies could be gathering and sharing children’s data.

It calls for new privacy measures to safeguard kids and make sure age appropriate design code is included with home automation technologies.

The report, entitled Home Life Data and Children’s Privacy, is the work of Dr Veronica Barassi of Goldsmiths, University of London, who leads a research project at the university investigating the impact of big data and AI on family life.

“We’ve seen privacy concerns raised about smart toys and AI virtual assistants aimed at children, [...] Firms currently fail to recognise the privacy implications of children’s daily interactions with home automation technologies that are not designed or targeted at them."
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