This is not the first time, and likely will not be the last, when apps for children come up in headlines.
This possible data leakage goes against Google’s policies for apps targeted to children, and a spokesperson for Google said as much, stating that “Whenever we find an app that violates our policies, we take action.” The three apps, which had over 20 million downloads, were removed from the Google app store. IDAC president, Quentin Palfrey, says that the policy breaches were reason to worry, stating, “The practices we observed in our research raised serious concerns about data practices within these apps.
