Senator Coons questions Amazon over indefinite storage of Alexa voice transcript texts
Senator Chris Coons sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos requesting information about the company's privacy practices for Alexa devices, following reports that Amazon indefinitely stores text transcripts of user voice recordings without giving users the option to delete them. The letter expresses concern that this practice puts users' privacy at risk and asks Amazon to clarify its data storage and deletion policies.
- Organisation involved
- Amazon
- Product, system or model
- Alexa
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