Toniebox: Security and data protection - all information
The Toniebox - a kind of cassette recorder of the 21st century - is very popular with children. In this article we have summarized the state of data protection and security of the Toniebox.
Security of the Toniebox: Tonies, Toniecloud, customer account
The Toniebox is a cube-shaped device for playing music or radio plays. The box is designed for small children, easy to use and very robust. To play audio content, you need a character (a so-called tonie) in which an NFC chip is integrated. As soon as you place the figure on the Toniebox, it automatically recognizes which audio content should be played. If you place a tonie on the box for the first time, it will download the respective radio play or music once from the tonie cloud. The content of the Tonies is then permanently available - even without an internet connection.
- Each Toniebox has an individual client certificate ex works. This enables the box to clearly authenticate itself to the Toniecloud. In addition, a Toniebox ID is stored for each Toniebox.
- When starting up for the first time and when connecting to a new WLAN, the Toniebox ID must be entered for comparison with the Toniecloud. According to the company, this "serves to ensure that only authorized Tonieboxes can contact the Toniecloud". But: This "security feature" can theoretically also be misused for monitoring purposes.
- The cube is linked to a customer account using the Toniebox ID. To set up the account, you must provide a valid email address. You must also enter the Toniebox ID.
- In short: It is imperative to create a Toniecloud customer account - especially for the use of the creative tonies that you can use yourself or for connecting to other Toniecloud members. The box is almost unusable without creating a customer account.
- When you use the Toniebox and the Tonies , every operating step is recorded - officially for the purpose of product improvement and "for the benefit of the customer".
- For the creative tonie, you can upload new data to the cloud as often as you like. Old data will be deleted and replaced with the new one. But: The converted data is kept for at least seven days after the conversion.
- The company also reserves the right to " sample the uploaded data for a possible violation of applicable law (including copyright, personal rights and competition law), applicable case law and / or good manners". If a violation is found, Boxine Sales DAB GmbH can close the customer account and delete the data in the cloud.
Information on the protection of personal data
If you take a look at the data protection declaration of Boxine Sales DAB GmbH, you will get a lot of text listed. Here are the most important facts about the protection of your personal data.
- All personal data are treated confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations (in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG)) as well as the data protection declaration on the company's side.
- Personal data will not be passed on to third parties. Exceptions are: Service partners for customer care / customer service inquiries or technical support as well as shipping companies.
- Boxine Sales DAB GmbH holds a credit check and, if necessary, exchanges address and credit data with Schufa or Creditreform.
- In the data protection declaration you will also find a note that the use of your data for advertising purposes is not excluded. You can object to this use at any time, however, under .
- It is interesting that the Android Tonie app contains three trackers (Google Analytics, Google Firebase Analytics, HockeyApp), which are not listed in the data protection declaration.
The Toniebox: a highly networked toy
If you want to buy a Toniebox for your child, you should read the data protection declaration carefully.
- In addition, you should keep in mind that the box is a toy that is strongly networked and every action of your child is recorded with the Toniebox.
- In addition: The box only works with the Tonie cloud. In the worst case, if the company discontinues the toy, you have a cube standing around at home that no longer makes a sound or that can no longer be played with new content.
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