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Kids' apps under scrutiny amid privacy concerns
Posted Dec 10, 2012
Media Outlet:
KYW News Radio
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating software companies that make smartphone applications to determine whether children’s privacy rights are being violated. "If someone does not disclose the fact that I am collecting how long you're playing and where you're playing, and then I give away seemingly a free game but I generate my revenue by collecting the data – and then analyzing it and further selling it – I don't think that is quite fair,” said Temple Fox School of Business Professor Youngjin Yoo.