The US Federal Trade Commission has released a report that details the results of a survey of mobile apps for children.

The survey shows that neither the app stores nor the developers provide the information parents need to determine what data is being collected from their children, its security or the potential uses.

Those of us following the Carrier IQ saga may have some questions for the panel at A Fine Balance 2011

If you've not been following it: Carrier IQ is apparently an application installed on many smartphones that tracks user interactions - primarily to improve the user experience, but with rather obvious privacy implications.

Further reading:

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PCWorld

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The Guardian