On Monday, July 17, the FBI issued a notice to parents whose children play with smart toys. The Bureau recommended that the puppets, bears, etc.. For the threat of confidentiality of personal data.

According to the notice, many toys with cloud-based functionality (for example, speech recognition) "may pose a threat to the privacy and safety of children due to the large amount of personal information that may be inadvertently disclosed". The safety of such toys is not paid enough attention, as manufacturers primarily seek to make them as user friendly and attractive to consumers as possible, according to FBI experts.

"Consumers should find on the Internet information about all known problems in these toys, discovered by researchers or mentioned in customer reviews," reads the notice.

In addition, the bureau recommended that parents carefully read the provisions on the protection of confidential data that guide the manufacturer.

Recall, earlier this year there was a leakage of data over 800 thousand. Customers of the company Spiral Toys, engaged in the production of "smart" plush toys. In addition, in connection with the threat of data security in February this year, the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) banned a line of "smart" dolls "My Friend Cayla" (My Friend Cayla), calling the toy a spy device.