Most Children's Apps Are Failing on Privacy, FTC Finds

Holpuch, Amanda. "Most Children's Apps Are Failing on Privacy, FTC Finds." The Guardian, December 10, 2012. 

From the article: "Most mobile applications aimed at children collect information – including device IDs, location data and phone numbers – without their parents' permission, according to a Federal Trade Commission report released Monday.

The FTC is also launching investigations to see whether some of these app companies are acting in violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (Coppa) or the Federal Trade Commission Act." Read more

See also 

"Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade." Federal Trade Commission Staff Report,  December 2012.