Apps Marketed To Kids Aren't Doing Enough To Protect Privacy: FTC

Apps that are targeted at children are not doing enough to provide parents with information about what data is being collected about their kids. This is according to a new report from the Federal Trade Commission called “Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade“.

The report found that almost 60 percent of the apps surveyed  are transmitting information from a user’s device back to the app developer or to a third party such as an advertising network.

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