Amazon Violated Children's Privacy Law, Agrees to Pay $25 Million

Amazon Violated Children’s Privacy Law, Agrees to Pay $25 Million

The FTC’s allegations against Amazon echo previous concerns about the company’s privacy practices. In 2019, it was revealed that Amazon workers were reviewing audio clips and transcripts to improve Alexa’s speech recognition, raising privacy concerns. Amazon introduced changes such as enabling voice history deletion and allowing users to opt out of human reviews for transcripts.