“In opening up new experiences of connected play, these toys provide children with new, embodied ways of being online at a very young age. However, these toys have also raised concerns about the potential threats to children’s Data Protection, as #IoT toys expand the range and quantity of children’s everyday life practices that can be tracked, recorded and analysed.”
– Giovanna Mascheroni, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore LSE Impact Blog
With the rapid expansion in ‘smart’, interconnected toys, what is being done to regulate, for example, the data they generate? Giovanna Mascheroni looks into some of the hopes and concerns surround…
