One-Party Consent All That's Needed for Smart Devices, Apps to Record, Lawyers Say
Some U.S. senators have expressed their interest in finding out how large tech companies are storing and sharing audio recordings and their transcripts. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, for instance, received a letter in June from Amazon.com Inc. after he requested information regarding Echo's data deletion policy.
August 28, 2019 at 11:30 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legal Tech News
Facebook joined a chorus of high-profile tech companies earlier this month when it confirmed that it uses contractors to manually listen to users' audio messages to improve Messenger's AI. After a Bloomberg report revealed the practice, Facebook announced the process was on hiatus. "Much like Apple and Google, we paused human review of audio more than a week ago," a Facebook spokesperson told CNBC.
Some privacy advocates noted Facebook Messenger's policy allows transcription of all messages, even without the consent of all parties involved in the audio recording. The practice highlights how such apps and smart devices only need to obtain consent from one party to record multiple parties, lawyers said.
The Stored Communications Act allows a company to disclose data if the originator of the data opts in, noted Duquesne University School of Law professor Agnieszka McPeak.
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