NPR – Staff Writer
“Children’s personal information isn’t supposed to be an online commodity. But whether kids are using Google apps at school or Internet-connected toys at home, they’re generating a stream of data about themselves. And some advocates say that information can be collected too easily and sometimes, protected too poorly. Last month, a hacker stole personal information and photos of more than six million children after breaking into the computer records of a educational toy company, VTech. VTech says that they’ve since hired a security company to deal with the breach. That might not be enough to convince Congress — Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) sent a letter to VTech, wanting to know if the company is complying with a law called the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.”(more)