According to a study
published by researchers affiliated with the International Computer Science
Institute, thousands of free apps available in the Google Play store are
potentially violating a major federal data-privacy law intended to protect children
from online tracking. According to research, more than half of thousands of
Android apps in the “Designed for Families” section of the Google Play store
potentially violated COPPA, or the Children’s Online Privacy Protection
Act. The study also examines how efforts by Google to limit tracking through
the use of a resettable advertising ID has had little success.
Reyes, I., Wijesekera, P., Reardon, J.,
Bar On, A. E., Razaghpanah, A., Vallina-Rodriguez, N., & Egelman, S.
(2018). “Won’t somebody think of the children?” Examining COPPA compliance at
scale. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing
Technologies, 3, 63-83. https://petsymposium.org/2018/files/papers/issue3/popets-2018-0021.pdf
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