Specifically, these AI devices store audio files of children’s voice commands, but don’t provide any information on how long these files are stored or how they are being used. Companies using virtual assistants, such as Google ’s Alexa , Apple ’s Siri and the forthcoming Google Assistant, to collect data on children under today without their informed consent could be liable for “ up to $50,000 ” in fines, according to a new investigation on children’s digital privacy. Lawyers behind Apple , or COPPA say children “need to know what's being collected, how it will be used, they need to be provided with real informed consent to begin with”. They claim digital data from artificial intelligence (AI) devices is being used by advertisers to blatantly target youngsters. Education technology companies have also come under fire for selling children’s data, while a report revealed the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act have also sold children’s data.
Companies using virtual assistants, such as Google ’s Alexa , Apple ’s Siri and the forthcoming Google Assistant, to collect data on children under today without their informed consent could be liable for “ up to $50,000 ” in fines, according to a new investigation on children’s digital privacy. Lawyers behind Apple , or COPPA say children “need to know what's being collected, how it will be used, they need to be provided with real informed consent to begin with”. They claim digital data from artificial intelligence (AI) devices is being used by advertisers to blatantly target youngsters. Education technology companies have also come under fire for selling children’s data, while a report revealed the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act have also sold children’s data.