{"id":8697,"date":"2012-12-10T17:46:20","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T23:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=8697"},"modified":"2013-03-22T18:58:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T23:58:11","slug":"ftcs-second-kids-app-report-finds-little-progress-in-addressing-privacy-concerns-surrounding-mobile-applications-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=8697","title":{"rendered":"FTC&#8217;s Second Kids&#8217; App Report Finds Little Progress in Addressing Privacy Concerns Surrounding Mobile Applications for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Staff examined hundreds of apps for children and looked at disclosures and links on each app\u2019s promotion page in the app store, on the app developer\u2019s website, and within the app. According to the report, \u201cmost apps failed to provide any information about the data collected through the app, let alone the type of data collected, the purpose of the collection, and who would obtain access to the data. Even more troubling, the results showed that many of the apps shared certain information with third parties \u2013 such as device ID, geolocation, or phone number \u2013 without disclosing that fact to parents. Further, a number of apps contained interactive features \u2013 such as advertising, the ability to make in-app purchases, and links to social media \u2013 without disclosing these features to parents prior to download.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/opa\/2012\/12\/kidsapp.shtm\">FTC&#8217;s Second Kids&#8217; App Report Finds Little Progress in Addressing Privacy Concerns Surrounding Mobile Applications for Children<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff examined hundreds of apps for children and looked at disclosures and links on each app\u2019s promotion page in the app store, on the app developer\u2019s website, and within the app. According to the report, \u201cmost apps failed to provide &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=8697\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1078],"tags":[584,991,188,101],"class_list":["post-8697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-applications","tag-appforthat","tag-ftc","tag-privacy","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9587,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8697\/revisions\/9587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}