Warnung: *Datenschutz ist in diesem Produkt nicht inbegriffen
You want a dog collar that does it all. The Whistle Switch collar lets you track where your pup is while also monitoring his activity. It combines GPS, Wi-Fi, and cellular tech to track your best friend at all times (only in North America, sorry rest of the world), alert you if he leaves a "safe area", and lets you know if he is getting enough exercise. It even monitors if your very good doggo is licking, scratching, or sleeping too much and offers access to tele-vets. It does require a monthly or yearly subscription to do all this. You'll love it. Your dog, eh, maybe he'll find it a bit creepy?
Was könnte passieren, wenn etwas schiefgeht?
Whistle seems to collect a good bit of information on their users, both human and canine, as far as we can tell. Their privacy policy is quite confusing though. The only privacy policy we could find mentions that it covers the website and apps, but makes no mention of if it covers devices too. So, we do our best to review what data we think they collect but because we couldn’t find clear information on what data the device collects, shares or sells, or uses, we’re not 100% sure we can tell exactly what Whistle does with all your data, but human and pet.
Whistle collects personal information on you such as age, gender, hobby or activities, taste or preferences, and geolocation data. They collect your information on your dog like your pups breed, birthday, treatment history, and location too. They also say they may get even more personal information on you from third parties, such as data brokers or social media platforms. And they say they use all this data they collect on your and your pet to do, among other things, targeted advertising. So if you visit one of those big box stores with your pup, that could mean lots of ads following you around afterwards. Finally, Whistle may sell or share anonymized data to third parties. This is a good time to point out that many privacy researchers claim it can be relatively easy to de-anonymize such data, especially location data.
Another thing to consider, this device uses all the tracking and connection tech — GPS, cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. That's a lot of connectivity. That could turn creepy if someone with bad intentions wanted to know more about you and your best friend too. Here’s hoping none of this data gets leaked on the internet where people could learn you and your dog are actually kinda lazy….or worse.
Tipps zu Ihrem Schutz
- Follow the Whistle FAQ's Safety-realted rules
Kann es mich ausspionieren?
Kamera
Gerät: Nein
App: Ja
Mikrofon
Gerät: Nein
App: Nein
Verfolgt den Standort
Gerät: Ja
App: Ja
Was kann zur Registrierung verwendet werden?
E-Mail-Adresse
Ja
Telefonnummer
Nicht zu bestimmen
Drittanbieter-Konto
Nicht zu bestimmen
Welche Daten sammelt das Unternehmen?
Persönliche
"The app (""Whistle: Smart Pet Tracker"") may collect name, address, phone number, location, age, gender. With no privacy policy for the device, we are unable to tell what personal data this device collects on users. The company says that the device tracks "pet’s health, fitness, gps location, and so much more." (https://apps.apple.com/ve/app/whistle-smart-pet-tracker/id1182564185)
Körperbezogen
With no privacy policy for the device, we are unable to tell what body-related data this device collects on your pet.
Soziale
Wie nutzt das Unternehmen die Daten?
Wie können Sie Ihre Daten kontrollieren?
Wie ist das Unternehmen in der Vergangenheit mit den Daten über seine Verbraucher umgegangen?
In 2018, security researchers discovered that the Whistle 3 tracker transmitted data to the server without any authentication. This means that anyone could substitute it, altering the coordinates in the process.
Kann dieses Produkt offline genutzt werden?
Benutzerfreundliche Informationen zum Datenschutz?
No device-related privacy policy
Links zu Datenschutzinformationen
Erfüllt dieses Produkt unsere Mindestsicherheitsstandards?
Verschlüsselung
Encrypts data in transit and at rest. Selectively encrypts sensitive payloads in accordance with Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth) standards.
Sicheres Passwort
Sicherheits-Updates
Umgang mit Schwachstellen
Whistle uses third party security services to perform routine security assessments at predefined intervals. It also utilizes its beta client pool to receive and address bugs.
Datenschutzrichtlinie
Tauchen Sie tiefer ein
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Buddy's Wearable Is Not Your Buddy: Privacy Implications of Pet WearablesDirk Van Der Linden, et al.
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The Best GPS Dog Collars and Pet TrackersNew York Times
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