But in early March, privacy advocates of minors grouped Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood made a request for production of the wrist stops. They were concerned about the fact that the recorded audios are sent to third parties and companies associated with Mattel -and therefore a potential risk to the privacy of the families. A priori we might think that the conversation of a girl with her Barbie could not be anything too sensitive, but who knows?
“If I had a little son, I would be very concerned that their intimate conversations with her doll were being recorded and analyzed, “said Angela Campbell, professor at the School of Law at Georgetown University and member of the group.
Hello Barbie is connected to a Wi-Fi network and uses a microphone to record voices of children (and any other conversation that takes place around) and transmitted to servers in the cloud. Mattel’s partner when it comes to speech recognition technology is ToyTalk, who processes the audio with your software.
How do you use ToyTalk recordings and photographs?
We use audio recordings and / or photos to create entertainment experience ToyTalk apps. This includes enabling speech recognition (so we can provide meaningful answers to you and your children say) and file play sessions for viewing by children and their parents. These records and photos could also be used for research and development, such as improving speech recognition technology and artificial intelligence algorithms and create better entertainment experiences.
How the recordings are shared and pictures with third parties?
share audio recordings with third party vendors who assist us with speech recognition. These vendors do not have access to your account information and have agreed not to retain copies of these files. These vendors may have permission to use the derived data and transcripts contain audio files or personal information for their own purposes of research and development.
Only account holders could share recordings and photos created through their accounts via e-mail or on sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Children under 13 are not allowed to own accounts and therefore are not allowed to share recordings or photos with third parties unless an adult to share in his name.
It should be noted, as The Guardian explains that before the toy can be used, parents or responsible adults must register and accept the privacy policy. The wrist just listen to the child after the button is pressed for that purpose, and recorded audio is encrypted before being sent over the Internet.
Therefore, it will be necessary here than adults, as it should occur in all cases accompany minors in the use of technology and are instructed in a responsible use of it. To that end, will be useful Guides Child Protection.
Regardless of privacy risk involved blindly accept the terms and conditions of a service, it is known that the vast majority of users do not reads. They are generally large and in small print, but remember to help is the user community Terms of Service; . Did not Read, reading the TOS by you and are classified according to how invasive
For more information on this note: http://www.welivesecurity.com/la-es/2015/03/25/barbie-graba-conversaciones-invade-privacidad/
Guía Safety for Parents: http://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/documento_guia_para_padres_eset_baja.pdf
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