Disney & Nickelodeon Apps Allegedly Snooping On Your Kids

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Suzanne Johnson <fuhn () pobox com>
> Date: August 9, 2017 at 1:12:42 PM EDT
> To: "DAVID J. FARBER" <farber () gmail com>
> Subject: Disney & Nickelodeon Apps Allegedly Snooping On Your Kids
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> A plaintiff in California has filed two different lawsuits: one against Disney [PDF], and one against Viacom [PDF], 
> parent company to kid-friendly entertainment giant Nickelodeon.
>
> The suits claim that children under 13 who use the apps named in the complaints “have had their personally 
> identifying information exfiltrated… for future commercial exploitation.”
>
> The apps, the complaint claims, track children’s app usage and device behavior by obtaining “peristent identifiers.” 
> That is to say, any time you use App X, the app will identify you and relay back your information under a unique 
> number, like 7A51F9D56200.
>
> That identifier is persistent across devices, so any software you are using can identify that you are you whether 
> you’re on your work laptop using the Facebook version of a game, or whether you’re using your phone to play the 
> mobile version on the bus home.
>
> The use of unique, cross-platform, tracking identifiers in software is par for the course these days. But although 
> there are no laws protecting most data adults generate, there is a strong privacy law directly pertaining to children 
> under 13.
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> https://consumerist.com/2017/08/08/50-disney-nickelodeon-apps-allegedly-snooping-on-your-kids/



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