Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission United States (FTC) on Wednesday (19), that Amazon agreed to pay the fine USD 25 million (approx. R$ 119 million). The accusation is part of the settlement regarding alleged violations of children’s privacy, perpetrated by virtual assistant Alexa.
The company has been providing voice assistant services to children under the age of 13 since 2018. But in May of this year, when Amazon failed to comply with parents’ requests to delete their children’s voice recordings and geolocation information, the DOJ and the FTC blamed the company. .
What Does the Complaint Say?
The company has been accused of violating children’s privacy laws, including the FTC Act and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). According to the complaint, records of children retained until September 2019 unless manually deleted by parents.
“Amazon was unable to delete users’ voice and geolocation information on demand and instead stored this data for your own potential use. “Such unfair and deceptive practices violate Section 5 of the FTC Act,” the document states.
Amazon is also facing lawsuits over privacy violations associated with its Ring video doorbell service, which it has been ordered to pay for. 5 million dollars. Employees allegedly carried out illegal customer surveillance activities and did not sufficiently prevent hackers from taking control of the cameras.
Source: Tec Mundo
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