How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data

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  1. hawki

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    If you ever want to have a clean computer never put these types of games on your computer or phone. These free games or even some pay are the gateway to an infected PC I believe.
     
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    "New Mexico sues Google, Twitter for illegally collecting data on children

    Sept. 16 (UPI) -- New Mexico filed a lawsuit against Google, Twitter and several app developers for illegally collecting data from children under the age of 13 without parental consent.

    New Mexico Attorney General Balderas said the companies are violating the 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, a federal law, by collecting and selling the data on children.

    The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, comes after a University of California, Berkeley study analyzed nearly 6,000 children's apps and found that the majority of them appeared to violate COPPA...

    In addition to Google and Twitter, the lawsuit accused Tiny Lab Productions, MoPub, AerServ, InMobi PTE, AppLovin and IronSource of collecting data on children..."

    https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/201...ly-collecting-data-on-children/9931537151359/
     
  4. mirimir

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    That tender young data is just too tasty to resist ;)
     
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    Google Still on Hook for Claims Game Apps Spy on Kids
    April 30, 2020
    https://www.courthousenews.com/google-still-on-hook-for-claims-game-apps-spy-on-kids/
     
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