*Issue: *Intelligent toys
## BackgroundChildren will not only be exposed to A/IS at school but also at home, while they play and while they sleep. Toys are already being sold that offer interactive, intelligent opportunities for play. Many of them collect video and audio data which is stored on company servers and either is or could be mined for profiling or marketing data.There is currently little regulatory oversight. In the United States COPPA7 offers some protection for the data of children under
1. Germany has outlawed such toys using legislation banning spying equipment enacted in
1. Corporate A/IS are being embodied in toys and given to children to play with, to talk to, tell stories to, and to explore all the personal development issues that we learn about in private play as children."p.116-117