With $30M Worth of Settlements Over Amazon's Alexa and Ring Products, FTC Warns Big Companies About Consumer Privacy Violations
In a pair of lawsuits aimed at alleged consumer privacy violations by Amazon, the FTC has announced that the retail and tech giant will pay more than $30 million in settlements while "overhauling" deletion practices tied to children's voice information collected by Alexa and tossing out data taken from Ring doorbell videos that shouldn't have been surveilled.
June 02, 2023 at 10:22 AM
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Technology Media and TelecomIn a pair of lawsuits aimed at alleged consumer privacy violations by Amazon, the Federal Trade Commission has announced that the retail and tech giant will pay more than $30 million in settlements while "overhauling" deletion practices tied to children's voice information collected by Alexa and while tossing out data taken from Ring doorbell videos that shouldn't have been surveilled.
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