Advocates say the kids' version of Amazon's Alexa won't forget what children say, even after parents try to delete the conversations. Now they're asking the FTC to investigate whether it violates children's privacy laws. - NBCNewsTECH
Amazon was met with skepticism from some privacy advocates and members of Congress last year when it introduced its first kid-oriented voice assistant, along with brightly colored models of its Echo Dot speaker designed for children.
A coalition of groups led by Golin's organization and Georgetown University's Institute for Public Representation is filing a formal complaint with the FTC alleging that Amazon is violating the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, known as COPPA, by holding onto a child's personal information longer than is reasonably necessary.In one example the advocates captured on video, a child asks the device to remember some personal information, including her walnut allergy.
It also says that about 85 percent of the more than 2,000 games, quizzes and other Alexa"skills" aimed at kids did not have privacy policies posted. Such skills are generally produced by independent software developers or other third parties, not Amazon.
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