{"id":1942247,"date":"2023-06-01T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T23:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-fined-25-million-for-misleading-parents-about-what-it-did-with-recordings-of-kids\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T19:39:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T23:39:24","slug":"amazon-fined-25-million-for-misleading-parents-about-what-it-did-with-recordings-of-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-fined-25-million-for-misleading-parents-about-what-it-did-with-recordings-of-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon fined $25M for deceiving parents about kids&#8217; recordings."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famazon-fined-25-million-for-misleading-parents-about-what-it-did-with-recordings-of-kids%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1942247&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Amazon Fined $25 Million for &#8216;Misleading Parents&#8217; About What It Did with Recordings of Kids<\/h2>\n<p>Amazon has been hit with a $25 million penalty after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-lt-gov-brian-benjamin-arrested-for-campaign-finance-scheme\/\" title=\"New York Lt. Gov Brian Benjamin Arrested For Campaign Finance Scheme\">federal authorities charged<\/a> the tech giant with breaking a children\u2019s privacy law by permanently retaining recordings from its Alexa voice assistant products, the Federal Trade Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/news\/press-releases\/2023\/05\/ftc-doj-charge-amazon-violating-childrens-privacy-law-keeping-kids-alexa-voice-recordings-forever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The FTC and the Department of Justice charged Amazon with violating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/legal-library\/browse\/rules\/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule-coppa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Children\u2019s Online Privacy Protection Rule<\/a> and misleading parents and users of Alexa by ignoring their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-outlines-free-speech-policy-proposal\/\" title=\"Trump Outlines Free Speech Policy Proposal\">deletion requests<\/a>, according to the FTC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woke-amazon-scraps-audience-scores-discovering-tv-viewers-actually-like-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> agreed to a settlement that compelled the company to revamp its information deletion policies and enforce stricter privacy measures as well as pay a $25 million civil penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The company stopped parents from using their deletion rights bestowed by COPPA and held onto \u201csensitive geolocation and voice information, including children\u2019s voice information,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/system\/files\/ftc_gov\/pdf\/Amazon-Complaint-%28Dkt.1%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complaint<\/a> filed by the DOJ on the FTC\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FTC and DOJ charge Amazon with violating children\u2019s privacy law by keeping kids\u2019 Alexa voice recordings forever and undermining parents\u2019 deletion requests: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/br6LsAyV2v\">https:\/\/t.co\/br6LsAyV2v<\/a> \/1<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FTC (@FTC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FTC\/status\/1663990210085134340?\">May 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAmazon used children\u2019s recordings \u2014 both audio files and transcripts \u2014 for purposes such as refining Alexa\u2019s voice recognition and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-fined-25-million-for-misleading-parents-about-what-it-did-with-recordings-of-kids\/\" title=\"Amazon fined M for deceiving parents about kids' recordings.\">natural language processing capabilities<\/a>,\u201d the complaint said.<\/p>\n<h3>Amazon&#8217;s Misleading Claims<\/h3>\n<p>The tech giant told parents that they could delete their child\u2019s data whenever they desired if they used the Echo Dot Kids Edition, FreeTime on Alexa and FreeTime Unlimited on Alexa, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmazon\u2019s history of misleading parents, keeping children\u2019s recordings indefinitely, and flouting parents\u2019 deletion requests violated COPPA and sacrificed privacy for profits,\u201d Samuel Levine, director of the FTC\u2019s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in the news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOPPA does not allow companies to keep children\u2019s data forever for any reason, and certainly not to train their algorithms,\u201d Levine said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Under the proposed order, Amazon will be required to delete inactive child accounts and certain voice recordings and geolocation information and will be prohibited from using such data to train its algorithms. \/3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FTC (@FTC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FTC\/status\/1663990392918888449?\">May 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The FTC also ordered Amazon to pay $5.8 million in customer refunds in a settlement for an alleged privacy violation for its home security camera product, Ring, according to an FTC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/news\/press-releases\/2023\/05\/ftc-says-ring-employees-illegally-surveilled-customers-failed-stop-hackers-taking-control-users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Amazon&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAt Amazon, we take our responsibilities to our customers and their families very seriously,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-rowe-refutes-amazons-reason-abruptly-canceling-long-running-smile-charity-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> told the Daily Caller News Foundation.\u00a0\u201cOur devices and services are built to protect customers\u2019 privacy, and to provide customers with control over their experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we disagree with the FTC\u2019s claims regarding both Alexa and Ring, and deny violating the law, these settlements put these matters behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighs-in-on-deadly-subway-clash-after-desantis-calls-marine-a-good-samaritan\/\" title=\"Trump Weighs In on Deadly Subway Clash After DeSantis Calls Marine a 'Good Samaritan'\">nonpartisan newswire service<\/a>, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/amazon-fined-25-million-misleading-parents-recordings-kids\/\">Amazon Fined $25 Million for &#8216;Misleading Parents&#8217; About What It Did with Recordings of Kids<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon has been fined $25 million by the Federal Trade Commission for violating the Children&#8217;s Online Privacy Protection Rule. The tech giant was charged with retaining recordings from its Alexa voice assistant products, which is a breach of children&#8217;s privacy law. The Department of Justice also charged Amazon for the same violation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2092,"featured_media":1942248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[28092,4558,26773,10453,4247,5007,16646],"class_list":["post-1942247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-25m","tag-amazon","tag-deceiving","tag-fined","tag-kids","tag-parents","tag-recordings"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2092"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1942247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1942248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1942247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1942247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1942247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}