Toys and Mobile Applications: Current Trends and Related Privacy Issues

Proposta de ferramenta de controle parental para brinquedos inteligentes baseada em regras de privacidade

“…Successful examples of so-called unconnected smart toys are Bandai's first virtual pets, Tamagotchi (Bandai America Inc., 2019), 1996, and Tiger Electronics's plush toy, Furby (Hasbro, 2019(Hasbro, ), 1998 Smart toys as other electronic products have evolved according to the popularization, miniaturization and lower costs of processing circuits. Ng et al (2015) compared versions of the Bandai's Kamen Rider toy belts: the 2008 version emitted basic sounds and lights while the 2013 one had embedded digital sensors, which allowed it to process primary inputs from the player and output custom information. Due to the technological advances, smart toys became to collect user information, offering new risks to children's privacy.…”

“…The risks include granting access to the smartphone's built-in cameras, microphones and using the related applications to collect PII such as GPS or profile information (e.g., children's full name, e-mail address etc.) (Ng et al, 2015;Rafferty et al, 2015a;.…”