Organisation
VTech
organisation:vtech
Company producing connected children’s tablets, watches, laptops, apps, and related online services.
Explore relationships
Mentioned in
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EP 2
Explicit
100%
Company producing connected children’s tablets, watches, laptops, apps, and related online services.
“VTech is one maker of these kind of kid-friendly devices.”
“VTech is a company based in Hong Kong”
Relationships
Claims
Kid Connect
DEVELOPED_BY
VTech
VTech created Kid Connect to connect a parent’s phone to a child’s tablet.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 2
Details
“The technology VTech created that connects a parent’s phone to a kid’s tablet is called Kid Connect.”
The Learning Lodge
DEVELOPED_BY
VTech
VTech created The Learning Lodge as its own app store.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 2
Details
“VTech also created its own app store called The Learning Lodge”
VTech Kids’ Toy Hacking case
TARGETS
VTech
The hacking case involved unauthorized access to VTech customer data and systems.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 2
Details
“He had full access to the planetvtech.com website. 100 percent control of it.”
“an unauthorized party accessed VTech customer data”
VTech
ASSOCIATED_WITH
Hong Kong
VTech is described as a company based in Hong Kong.
Explicit
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 2
Details
“VTech is a company based in Hong Kong”
VTech
ASSOCIATED_WITH
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
The FTC found VTech had violated COPPA; VTech agreed to pay the fine while stating it had not violated any laws.
Attributed
Confidence 99%
· Jack Rhysider
EP 2
Details
“the FTC did find VTech to have violated COPPA laws.”
“VTech agreed to pay the $650,000 fine imposed by the FTC but they also issued a press release saying they haven’t violated any laws.”