In hot soup: US lawmakers want Hong Kong-based VTech to answer tough questions on what data it collects on children aged 12 and younger, how it uses the information, and whether it shares or sells such data.
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers have asked VTech Holdings Ltd for details about the data it collects on children who use its digital toys, as well as how it protects such sensitive information, following a cyberattack on the company that exposed data on 6.4 million children.
In a letter, two leaders of a congressional group focused on privacy asked the digital toymaker for specific information on what data it collects on children aged 12 and younger, how it uses the information, and whether it shares or sells such data.
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