"A growing number of devices in American households, including televisions, appliances, security
systems, and heating and cooling devices, rely on Internet connectivity to perform a range of
functions. And the “Internet of Things” includes a growing number of products primarily used by
children, including “smart toys.” In the 1980’s, the popular Teddy Ruxpin bear “talked” to
children by way of a tape player hidden inside. Today, children may have real-time two-way
“conversations” with their smart toys. Sensors, mics, cameras, storage devices, speech
recognition technology, Internet-connectivity, and GPS are used to tailor the toy’s behaviors
based on the child’s interactions. Some more sophisticated smart toys may record a child’s voice
on an audio file, convert the audio to text, query a searchable database, and return an appropriate
voice response back to the child. But smart toys’ use of Internet-connectivity potentially to
collect children’s personal information may require the toys’ makers to take certain steps to
comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) and its
implementing rules and requirements..."
Children's Online Pfivacy Protection
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