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Design doll software install error2/18/2023 ![]() Many are so sophisticated they are able to adapt to a child user’s actions and process information from many sensors through the use of microphones, voice sensors, cameras, compasses, gyroscopes, radio transmitters, or Bluetooth. They also collect a significant amount of personal information, some of it legally-protected, especially in the context of information about children and/or from children. ![]() ![]() ![]() Some that function like the Amazon Echo, and unlike Smartphones, are always on, and blend into the background of their users’ daily lives. There are many reasons why these toys/wearables are problematic and the privacy issues for each are analyzed differently based on functionality. For those keeping track, that’s three separate types of toys: (1) smart toys (2) connected toys and (3) connected smart toys. There is also a new crop of GPS-enabled wearables marketed as allowing parents to monitor and track their child’s movements, including Kidizoom Smartwatch DX, a smart toy. Since 2015 the technology and legal implications regarding these types of toys has only grown as the market now includes smart toys, such as Talk-to-Me Mikey, SmartToy Monkey, and Kidizoon Smartwatch DX connected toys, such as SelfieMic and Grush and other connected smart toys such as Cognitoys’ DINO, and My Friend Cayla. The backlash and hacking concerns loomed so large Hello Barbie got its own Twitter hashtag, #HellNoBarbie. Hello Barbie came equipped with a microphone, voice recognition software and artificial intelligence that allowed a call-and-response function between the child user and the doll (think how Siri works). Smart toys first sparked interest in 2015 when Hello Barbie a connected-smart doll was introduced. With the holidays fast approaching, and with the onslaught of new smart and Internet-connected smart toys, for parents and toy manufacturers, at least for the next few weeks “IoT” means the Internet of Toys. ![]() Most people have heard of the Internet of Things, or IoT. ![]()
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