Amazon boasts that it 'builds its devices with your privacy in mind.' But as we've seen in recent years, the company does not always live up to its promises.
requires the operators of commercial websites or online services directed to children under 13 years old to notify parents about the information they collect from children, obtain parental permission to collect that data, and allow parents to have that information deleted at any time. The rule also prohibits the service from keeping the data collected from children under 13 for longer than is "reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose for which the information was collected.
Amazon insists it did not violate the law, but in a statement to Checkbook explained why it settled this case: Prohibit Amazon from using geolocation, voice information, and children’s voice information subject to consumers’ deletion requests for the creation or improvement of any data product.Require Amazon to notify users of its retention and deletion practices and controls, and prohibit misrepresenting its privacy policies.
“It’s just wrong to give parents the illusion that they have some control when you're actively undermining their intent and what they want to do with their children’s data. And we need to respect parents as gatekeepers and as guardians for their children,” Golin said.
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