Beyond fun and games: Exploring privacy risks in children’s apps

A study from Incogni analyzed 74 “child-targeted Android apps” used worldwide. It found that: Nearly half (34/74) collect at least some user data, with a third of these collecting at least ... Read More

Your kids may be treating video games like banks and playing with real money. The government has questions

A federal agency announced it’s monitoring video games that include in-app purchases, digital currencies and external marketplaces often used by children.Games that include these features can ... Read More

The Good (and the Bad) of Using Apps to Connect With Parents

How often should parents and teachers communicate? That’s the question at the center of a growing push for technology that allows parents constant access to the classroom. For a long time, parents ... Read More

Video Games News

The study is the result of one of the largest, most complex ... Board Games Are Boosting Math Ability in Young Children July 7, 2023 — Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and ... Read More

iPhone apps can collect personal information via push notifications!

Apps running on iPhones have been found to gather personal data through push notifications, and this revelation comes from the findings of security researcher Tommy Misk. Notably, popular services ... Read More

How a new app could help protect your personal data

A new app by Consumer Reports wants to make the market more transparent about which companies are collecting your personal data and what you can do to stop it. Read More

Best Parental Control Apps of 2024

Based on the age of your child ... covers games and apps and handles web filtering, location monitoring, and other core functions. The Complete plan offers a more comprehensive collection of ... Read More

Dating apps are collecting more of your information than you think

Don’t just vet the people you meet on dating apps like Tinder and Bumble; vet the apps for privacy while you’re at it. Read More

Brothers create app using new approach to keep kids safe while online

So, with the help of his parents and younger brother, he created Safe Kids. It’s an app that warns children about inappropriate content so they can make safer choices while online. “Safe Kids is built ... Read More

The EU ratchets up pressure on TikTok’s new rewards app over risks to kids, warns of suspension

The European Union is demanding TikTok provide more information about a new app that pays users to watch videos and warned that it could order the video sharing platform to suspend addictive features ... Read More

Mozilla finds that most dating apps are not great guardians of user data

Dating apps are not following great privacy practices and are collecting more data than ever in order to woo Gen Z users, a new study by Mozilla pointed out. Researchers reviewed dating apps in terms ... Read More

SEC hit with new lawsuit alleging 'mass surveillance' of Americans through stock market data

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is illegally collecting data of every citizen who invests ... Little told Fox News Digital that the SEC collects and stores in its database "every ... Read More