{"id":52570,"date":"2016-02-12T15:11:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T15:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=52570"},"modified":"2016-02-12T15:11:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T15:11:48","slug":"52570","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/52570\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates to T&C Hold Parents Liable for Breached Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

VTech has updated their Terms & Conditions (T&C) to hold parents responsible for any future data breaches, but is it legal?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I<\/span>n November of 2015 VTech suffered a data breach which left 200,000 children\u2019s personal information exposed.\u00a0 The action that VTech has chosen to take moving forward is rather surprising.\u00a0 The company has decided to update their T&C to shift the responsibility of any future leaked data to that of the parents.\u00a0 According to ITPro<\/a>, VTech’s new clause in the T&C reads as follows: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou acknowledge and agree that any information you send or receive during the use of this site may not be secure and may be intercepted or later acquired by unauthorized parties.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This attempt to shift the responsibility onto the parents is legally questionable.\u00a0 According to the UK data protection legislation<\/a>, any company who obtains the personal data of their consumers is then accountable for said data.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Concern is raised by security expert<\/a>, Troy Hunt, as he reported that many times the T&C or End User License Agreements (EULA) goes unread.\u00a0 Unfortunately, not reading the T&C and EULAs leaves us, as consumers, vulnerable as we are unaware of what we are agreeing to.\u00a0 Realistically, this is not uncommon.\u00a0 Many times we check the \u201cI accept\u201d box too eagerly, and leave ourselves open to many things we may or may not agree with.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

PC Pitstop did an experiment with their own EULA in 2005 <\/a>and 2015<\/a>.\u00a0 A special consideration was added both years to the company\u2019s EULA, and it took thousands upon thousands of downloads before anyone noticed.\u00a0 Hopefully, with the exposure of these experiments, as well as the knowledge of what VTech is attempting to do, consumers will be more apt to read the T&C and EULA before saying \u201cI accept\u201d.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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