United Kingdom, June 19 -- Security experts have warned that AI toy apps are tracking users and collecting personal data.

Cybernews has looked into 10 Android companion apps from a range of brands - Loona, Dash and Dot, Sphero, mBlock, Miko, Eilik, SPIKE LEGO Education, Ozobot Evo, Petoi, and AIBI Pocket - and discovered the level of access and permissions which could be granted by children who aren't able to understand what they're agreeing to.

The company said: "Data minimisation for children's apps is essential.

"Responsibility falls both on developers to request fewer permissions and minimize sensitive trackers, and on parents to take greater control over the technology available to their children.

"Unlike adults, children are les...