The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took action against a robot toy maker that sold its products in the United States via online retailers such as Amazon, for allegedly allowing a third-party from China to collect children’s data, the agency said in a Sept. 3 statement.
The company, Shenzen-based Apitor Technology Co., Ltd, develops and sells programmable robot toys targeting children aged 6 to 14, according to a Sept. 2 lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice at the District Court, Northern District of California. The app-enabled toys were promoted as educational devices for teaching children coding skills, the lawsuit said.
