Child and privacy advocacy groups filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday claiming that Amazon’s Echo Dot Kids devices are unlawfully recording and storing the conversation data of young children.
In the complaint, the coalition accuses Amazon of unlawfully storing data from conversations with children even after parents try to delete it. If true, the practice could violate the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), one of the only federal privacy laws on the books. COPPA imposes certain privacy requirements for websites and services that are targeted toward children, including obtaining parental consent before a child under the age of 13’s data is collected or stored.
Amazon denies that its devices are…
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