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Walmart subsequently pulled the affected tablet from its online store, while Amazon and Google said they are investigating.

The app store “collects and sends data […] This includes information like device model, brand, country, timezone, screen size, view events, click events, logtime of events, and a unique KID ID,”

Hancock didn’t return the tablet to her daughter until after making changes to protect her daughter’s privacy.

[She] even installed Tor, a browser that is designed to protect the anonymity of its user.

An awesome Mom, like Mrs. Roberts from xkcd!