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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on June 06, 2023, 19:30:05

Title: Amazon to cough up more than US$30 million and Microsoft US$20 million to FTC over Ring, Alexa, and Xbox privacy violations
Post by: Redaktion on June 06, 2023, 19:30:05
The U.S. FTC has fined Amazon and Microsoft for violating privacy laws. Amazon is being fined over US$30 million over breach of user privacy and COPPA non-compliance with its Ring and Alexa systems. The trade commission also required Microsoft to pay US$20 million for violating COPPA by not being transparent to parents about children's personal information on Xbox being shared with third parties and retaining account creation data for more time than necessary.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Amazon-to-cough-up-more-than-US-30-million-and-Microsoft-US-20-million-to-FTC-over-Ring-Alexa-and-Xbox-privacy-violations.722772.0.html