Two advocacy groups on Wednesday called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether apps that Google's Play Store labels as"Teacher approved" are unlawfully collecting personal data without parental consent to target ads at children.
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the Center for Digital Democracy , which have helped spur FTC action before, cited among other evidence reports from three separate research groups since last June that concluded Play Store apps aimed at children quietly transmitted data about individual users to other companies.Google's Play Store is the default option for downloading apps on nearly every Android smartphone and tablet in the United States.
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