Paidsettlement · COPPA
Amazon's $25M Alexa settlement over children's recordings
$25M
US Federal Trade Commission
US · 2023
Status: Paid
What happened
The FTC settled claims that Amazon kept children's Alexa voice recordings indefinitely, against COPPA and parents' deletion requests.
How it affected users
Children's voice recordings were retained unlawfully even after parents asked for their deletion.
Status timeline
May 31, 2023
Penalty announced.
Sources
- FTC press release (May 2023)regulator
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Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "Amazon's $25M Alexa settlement over children's recordings," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2023-05-31. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/amazon-us-alexa-coppa-2023/