Kids Companies are Keeping an Eye on Them… Literally

We already know that nowadays, online privacy is almost reduced to the minimum, and we also have knowledge of some companies and major agenciesthat like to follow our virtual trail. What many people don’t realize enough is that all this internet snooping is affecting our children more than anyone else, as technology becomes easier to use and they don’t realize which dangers are lurking. Recently, four major toy corporations were fined over cases of tracking the online movements of children accessing their website, something that, according to Eric Schneiderman, New York Attorney General, is a plain violation of the law.

Regardless, all companies acted instantly to amend and try to forget this embarrassing situation as the NY attorney stated that “the way the law is structured, the companies have the primary obligation to police their sites” and “when we notified them, they took immediate action.”

The four affected companies have therefore signed agreements that according to Schneiderman are aimed at “regularly scanning their children’s websites to screen advertisers (…) and other data collection practices” to comply and be able to update with their own individual privacy policies.

In addition, there is another easy trick you can apply that they won’t even notice. If you configure a VPN on your router you can protect all devices within the range of your private network which will make them surf anonymously and visit such websites without the chance of being tracked by the website itself or any third-party. Furthermore, this is also useful as you’ll be able to circumvent geo-blocks and watch your favorite Netflix series regardless of where you live besides conducting secure bank account management for example with all your online data efficiently encrypted.