Amazon adds parental consent to Alexa skills aimed at children, launches first legal kids’ skills

 Amazon today is launching the first Alexa skills specifically aimed at children, which will go live with a new Verified Parental Consent feature in order to operate within the confines of child data protections, like the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). This move opens the door to larger children’s media brands who have, until now, avoided building apps for… Read More

from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/31/amazon-adds-parental-consent-to-alexa-skills-aimed-at-children-launches-first-legal-kids-skills/?ncid=rss