Why allow data mining in the first place?
I would like an explanation of why software bought for either education or entertainment purposes should provide the author thereof any right to include routines initiating transfer of information about the user to anyone, the author, or as seems to be the case, third parties that gather data about children for any use, commercial or otherwise.
This practice should be totally prohibited.
The purchase of applications should provide the product purchased, without spy inclusions to extract user data for ANY purpose.
When you buy a pair of shoes, would you want your shoe size or any other personal data automatically provided to the maker of the shoes?
This practice is extremely aggressive and objectionable.
It's nice for the FTC to investigate and report, but the results should generate immediate action to censor the company in highly financial terms, sufficient to put them out of business for violations of privacy.
The rant above is on the way to my Federal reps and Senators. A more useful and possibly effective process than countless threads here.