A popular children’s doll has been found to collect and transmit personal information from unsuspecting children to a U.S. defense contractor. According to a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, the My Friend Cayla doll and I-Que Intelligent Robot toy, made by Genesis Toys Inc., secretly record everything children say and send the information to a defense contractor named Nuance Communications. Rawstory.com reports: The problem with these toys, the complaint alleges, is that their terms of service allow them to record everything they hear and then send that information back to Nuance Communications, a voice recognition software company that supplies the underlying technology behind the toys, but that also does work as a defense contractor. In particular, the groups are crying foul over the fact both toys are covered by Nuance’s general privacy policy, which states that they “may use the information that we collect for our internal purposes to develop, tune, enhance, and improve our products and services, and for advertising and marketing.” Where things get strange, however, is when the privacy policy later states that “if you are under 18 or otherwise would be required to have parent or guardian consent to share information with Nuance, you should [...]
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