Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame

Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame

Passé en revue le : 9 juin 2022

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Mozilla a effectué 7 heures de recherches
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L’avis de Mozilla :

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Vote du public : Pas flippant

"Help a monster friend with big feelings learn to calm down and solve everyday challenges." Yes please! Elmo and the gang at Sesame Street's app -- aimed at parents and caregivers of kids aged 2-5 -- is designed to help the young ones learn how to calm down, learn self-control, and expand their emotional vocabulary. The app is bilingual in English and Spanish, research-based, and free to download and use. Sesame Workshop's privacy policy says most of the things kids can do on the app don't require users to submit any personal information. Yay! Now, if they only made an adult version too! And GOOD NEWS! As of June 1, 2022, Sesame Workshop has updated their privacy policy and addressed the small security concerns we had. Good work Elmo and team!

Que pourrait-il se passer en cas de problème ?

We're not too worried about the privacy of Sesame Workshop's mental development app for young children. The privacy policy does say that sometimes personal information like name and email might be collected but only with parental consent. And with no behavioral advertising (read, targeted ads) on the platform, parents should be able to breathe a small sigh of relief. Sesame Workshop is an educational non-profit, so they aren't trying to make money off you or your child's data, which is a breath of fresh air.

Our biggest privacy flag for this app is the privacy policy hadn't been updated since 2013, which is a very long time in privacy policy years. We're proud to report that after working with Sesame Workshop, they have now updated their privacy policy, as of June 1, 2022!

As part of their updated privacy policy, Sesame Workshop has now added a way for people to report security vulnerabilities, which was our biggest outstanding security concern. They now meet our Minimum Security Standards. We have to say, we're pleased to see them be responsive to our research and love that they updated their policies. Good work. We feel pretty good now about the privacy and security of this app for children.

What's the worst that could happen? Hopefully nothing more than your child learns how to be a little bit calmer. Calm is good. But we should remind parents that anything that connects to the internet your child plays with has potential vulnerabilities so it's always good to supervise them when they use your devices. And remember parents, please follow the basic guidelines for protecting young children online (please always do this parents and caregivers!), your child's privacy will likely be pretty safe.

Conseils pour vous protéger

  • Parents should read up and implement the guidelines on how to protect children online.
  • Never share your child's personal information online
  • Use the app with your child
  • mobile

Ce produit peut-il m’espionner ? informations

Caméra

Appareil : Ne s’applique pas

Application : Non

Microphone

Appareil : Ne s’applique pas

Application : Oui

Piste la géolocalisation

Appareil : Ne s’applique pas

Application : Non

Que peut-on utiliser pour s’inscrire ?

Quelles données l’entreprise collecte-t-elle ?

Comment l’entreprise utilise-t-elle les données ?

There is no behavioral advertising on the platform which means that you will not see any advertising that is targeted to you based on your combined activity on the platform and your activity on other sites and apps.

The app does not make personal information collected from children publicly available

The policy does not mention any sharing of data with third parties, or selling of data.

Comment pouvez-vous contrôler vos données ?

Parents may contact the provider at [email protected] to review, update or delete any of their children’s personal information that the app may have collected and to elect for the app not to collect any additional personal information from their children.

Quel est l’historique de l’entreprise en matière de protection des données des utilisateurs et utilisatrices ?

Moyen

No known privacy or security incidents discovered in the last 3 years.

Informations liées à la vie privée des enfants

The app's collection of personal information on Platforms that are directed to children under 13 is intended to follow the principles of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, a U.S. law designed to protect the online privacy of children under the age of 13. The app will obtain parental consent before asking for personal information on the Children’s Platforms, unless the request for information falls within an exception that would be permitted under COPPA.

Ce produit peut-il être utilisé hors connexion ?

Non

Informations relatives à la vie privée accessibles et compréhensibles ?

Non

Liens vers les informations concernant la vie privée

Ce produit respecte-t-il nos critères élémentaires de sécurité ? informations

Oui

Chiffrement

Ne s’applique pas

The app collects no personal data

Mot de passe robuste

Ne s’applique pas

No password needed, as there is no sign-up process in the app

Mises à jour de sécurité

Oui

Gestion des vulnérabilités

Oui

To report potential security vulnerabilities, please write to [email protected]

Politique de confidentialité

Oui

Le produit utilise-t-il une IA ? informations

Non

*confidentialité non incluse

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