Amazon saved children's voices recorded by Alexa even after parents asked for it to be deleted. Now it's paying a $25 million fine.
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"For too long, Amazon has treated children's sensitive data as its own property," Josh Golin, executive director of Fairplay, said in a statement.

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Amazon saved children’s voices recorded by Alexa even after parents asked for it to be deleted. Now it’s paying a $25 million fine.::“For too long, Amazon has treated children’s sensitive data as its own property,” Josh Golin, executive director of Fairplay, said in a statement.

  • birdcat@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    Wow $25 million, that will show them and surely bring them back on track to be a law abiding company that follows basic decency.

  • Thagthebarbarian@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    A whole 25 million dollars for Amazon? Call it a fee at that point, it’s less detrimental than the 30 dollars I pay every year to keep my best buy card active