United States v. Amazon (Alexa, COPPA) privacy case

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USUnited States of America

v.

Defendants

Amazon.com, Inc.

The FTC and DOJ alleged Amazon kept children's Alexa voice recordings and geolocation data indefinitely and undermined parents' deletion requests, violating COPPA.

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