"...the retail giant has confirmed that it keeps transcripts and voice recordings indefinitely, and only removes them if they’re manually deleted by users.
...CNET reported that Alexa assistant not only keeps your voice recordings, but also keeps a record of your voice transcriptions for improving its AI algorithms, with no option to delete them.
...A coalition of children’s advocacy organizations led by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission claiming that the Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition was retaining children’s data even after parents deleted the voice recordings.
...“Amazon‘s response leaves open the possibility that transcripts of user voice interactions with Alexa are not deleted from all of Amazon‘s servers, even after a user has deleted a recording of his or her voice,” Delaware Democratic senator Chris Coons said in a statement. “What’s more, the extent to which this data is shared with third parties, and how those third parties use and control that information, is still unclear.”
https://thenextweb.com/security/2019/07/03/amazon-confirms-it-retains-your-alexa-voice-recordings-indefinitely/
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...CNET reported that Alexa assistant not only keeps your voice recordings, but also keeps a record of your voice transcriptions for improving its AI algorithms, with no option to delete them.
...A coalition of children’s advocacy organizations led by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission claiming that the Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition was retaining children’s data even after parents deleted the voice recordings.
...“Amazon‘s response leaves open the possibility that transcripts of user voice interactions with Alexa are not deleted from all of Amazon‘s servers, even after a user has deleted a recording of his or her voice,” Delaware Democratic senator Chris Coons said in a statement. “What’s more, the extent to which this data is shared with third parties, and how those third parties use and control that information, is still unclear.”
https://thenextweb.com/security/2019/07/03/amazon-confirms-it-retains-your-alexa-voice-recordings-indefinitely/
"Amazon confirms Alexa customer voice recordings are kept forever"https://t.co/YGcKvPoYvP— Francois Armand (@fanf42) July 4, 2019
Wow, I'm chocked, they lied, repeatidly, and privacy of people is destroyed by a #SurveillanceCapitalism company. If only someone could have warn us! At least it's not always on! #ohwait
Having read this article I checked what my #GoogleAssistant records yes all my audio is there on the cloud but I can also delete it all - we need to be more informed users of new tech gadgets Amazon responds to a US senator’s inquiry re Alexa #privacy https://t.co/RVPc8tt218— Clara Morgan (@DrCMorgan) July 4, 2019
Google and Facebook probed again and Amazon Alexa's data retention raises privacy concerns video https://t.co/GKxx5zjW0f via @ric9871ric #news #popular pic.twitter.com/XN6qK8LcN9— Ric Olsen (@Ric9871Ric) July 4, 2019
