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Two advocacy groups on Wednesday called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC<\/a>) to investigate whether apps that Google<\/a>'s Play Store labels as \"Teacher approved\" are unlawfully collecting personal data<\/a> without parental consent to target ads at children.
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), which have helped spur FTC<\/a> action before, cited among other evidence reports from three separate research groups since last June that concluded Play Store apps<\/a> aimed at children quietly transmitted data about individual users to other companies.
Alphabet Inc's Google<\/a> said in response to Wednesday's complaint that its app store is \"committed to providing a positive and safe environment for children and families\" and that it \"will continue to make the protection of children on our platform a priority.\"
Google's Play Store is the default option for downloading apps on nearly every Android smartphone and tablet in the United States. To address concerns from parents about kid-safe apps, Google markets some as meant for families and even \"Teacher approved.\"
The company last year said it derives labels by asking teachers across the country to rate apps on factors like \"age appropriateness, quality of experience, enrichment, and delight.\"
In a complaint filed to the FTC on Wednesday, the advocacy groups contend Google's labeling is deceptive because some apps are violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA.
\"What we hope will happen here is that the FTC and Google reach a settlement in which Google Play would be required to actually enforce its own requirements for developers that children's apps comply with COPPA,\" said Angela Campbell, chair of CCFC's board.
In 2019, Google started asking developers to specify when their apps are targeted at children to help better enforce its policy requiring that apps comply with COPPA. That move by Google followed a 2018 complaint to the FTC by CCFC, CDD and other groups raising concerns about the company's app store enforcement measures.
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谷歌的老师批准的应用程序上误导孩子的隐私,活动家告诉联邦贸易委员会
运动一个免费的童年(CCFC)和数字民主中心(CDD),刺激了贸易委员会行动之前,引用其他证据在三个独立的研究小组报道自去年6月以来,总结存储应用程序针对儿童悄然传播关于个人用户数据到其他公司。
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两个团体周三呼吁美国联邦贸易委员会(联邦贸易委员会)调查是否应用程序谷歌游戏商店的标签为“老师批准“非法收集个人资料而不需要经过父母的同意针对儿童广告。
运动一个免费的童年(CCFC)和数字民主中心(CDD),刺激了联邦贸易委员会行动之前,引用其他证据报告自去年6月以来三个独立的研究小组得出的结论播放存储应用程序针对儿童悄然传播关于个人用户数据到其他公司。
字母(aapl . o:行情)的谷歌在周三的投诉表示,其app store是“致力于为儿童和家庭提供一个积极的和安全的环境”,并“将继续优先考虑保护孩子在我们的平台上。”
谷歌商店下载应用程序的默认选项在几乎每一个Android智能手机和平板电脑在美国。解决来自父母担心如果要说应用程序,谷歌市场一些意味着对家庭,甚至“老师批准。”
该公司去年表示,来自全国的标签通过问老师评价程序等因素”年龄是否合适,质量的经验,充实和快乐。”
法院递交诉状,联邦贸易委员会周三,团体认为谷歌的标签具有欺骗性,因为一些应用程序是违反儿童在线隐私保护法案,或杯。
“我们希望这里会发生是联邦贸易委员会和Google达成协议,谷歌实际上玩需要执行自己的要求开发人员,孩子的应用符合杯,”安吉拉·坎贝尔说,CCFC董事会主席。
2019年,谷歌开始要求开发人员在他们的应用程序是针对孩子时指定帮助更好地执行其政策要求应用程序符合杯。此举被谷歌2018投诉CCFC联邦贸易委员会,CDD和其他组织提高公司的app store强制措施的担忧。
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