A coalition of consumer and public health groups demanded Thursday that federal regulators investigate and sanction Amazon for its Echo Dot Kids Edition, arguing that the device illegally collects and retains children’s personal data. In a complaint submitted to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Thursday, the coalition charged that the device violates the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), based on the findings of an investigation conducted by CCFC and the Institute for Public Representation (IPR) at Georgetown Law. The groups also released a video that shows a test of the device’s “remember” feature. As IPR put it, “Amazon forgot to teach Alexa how to ‘forget.'”
— source commondreams.org | May 09, 2019