![]() ![]() While the monitoring and the enforcement of the data protection rules are the responsibility of the national data protection authorities, the national consumer authorities work together under the Consumer Protection Cooperation network. ![]() The EU’s commissioner for justice, consumers and gender equality, Vera Jourová, said: “I’m worried about the impact of connected dolls on children’s privacy and safety.” The German ruling could potentially have EU-wide consequences for toymakers. The student said hackers could access the doll via its bluetooth connection from a distance of up to 15 meters, listening in on conversations as well as speaking directly to the child playing with it. “There is no password to protect the connection.” “Access to the doll is completely unsecured,” Hessel told Saarbrücker Zeitung. The ruling comes after Stefan Hessel, a student at Saarbrücken University, raised concerns about the device, which was voted one of the top 10 toys of the year in 2014 by the German toy trade association. According to some media reports, breaching that law can result in a jail term of up to two years. Under German law it is illegal to manufacture, sell or possess surveillance devices disguised as another object. As a result, retailers and owners could face fines if they continue to stock it or fail to permanently disable the doll’s wireless connection. But Germany’s Federal Network Agency announced this week that it classified Cayla as an “illegal espionage apparatus”. ![]()
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