[News] 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.

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-pays-25-million-over-alexa-recording-children-voices-data-2023-7

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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.

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birdcat@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 3y

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 · 8 pts · 3y

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