Spy dolls secretly recording and collecting children's conversations are discovered

With the development of technology, children's toys have also evolved day by day, and many interactive robots and dolls that could not be thought of in the past have appeared, but among them are children's conversations It was revealed that there are toys that are recording and collecting.

Microsoft Word - EPIC - IPR FTC Genesis Complaint. Docx - EPIC - IPR - FTC - Genesis - Complaint.pdf
(PDF)https://epic.org/privacy/kids/EPIC-IPR-FTC-Genesis-Complaint.pdf

These dolls are spying on your kids, consumer groups say - CNN.com
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/08/health/cayla-ique-ftc-complaint-trnd/

Talking Doll My Friend Cayla May Be Recording What Children Say, Privacy Groups Charge: All Tech Considered: NPR
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/12/20/506208146/this-doll-may-be-recording-what-children-say-privacy-groups-charge

A nonprofit organization with headquarters in Washington "Electronic Privacy Information CenterAccording to the complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission and the survey request form, it was found that the conversation was recorded and collected by the interactive doll "My Friend Cayla"Of the interactive robotI-Que robotThat thing. These two products are being developed by a company called Genesis Toys and the recorded conversation was sent to the server of companies called Genesis Toys and Nuance.

The following two products proved to be collecting recorded data.

My Friend Cayla
http://www.myfriendcayla.com


I-Que Robot
http://ique-robot.co.uk/


Nuance is a company developing speech recognition software and owns a database used by law enforcement agencies, military and intelligence agencies to compare voiceprint recognition. The Electronic Privacy Information Center claims that there is a possibility that Nuance may use the recording data collected by Genesis Toys toys for improving products sold for military and law enforcement agencies. About "the function to collect recordings" There is a possibility that collecting the recording data without user's permission may be in violation of the law because no explanation is given to the parent of the child.

Also, My Friend Cayla for girls has many remarks related to Disney, and there are indications that this is a stealth marketing. "My favorite movie is Disney's" Little Mermaid "" My favorite songs are "Let it Go (Queen of Anna and Snow)" "I love going to Disneyland" The e-privacy information center asserts, "It is difficult for children to realize that this is an advertisement," he says.

Furthermore, Nuance says that there is no fact that the recorded data is provided to a third partyOfficial blogI denied it.

When asking My Friend Cayla "Can I tell you my secret?", "Please do, but you have to do it quietly, I promise not to tell anyone, it's just me and you, because I They are friends, "but he seems to have all been crowded in reality.

The possibility that interactive dolls are used for eavesdropping etc. was pointed out before.

The possibility that a "smart" Barbie doll talking with a child violates privacy - GIGAZINE