Amazon will pay the Federal Trade Commission more than $30 million to settle allegations of privacy lapses in its Alexa and Ring divisions, according to filings on Wednesday.
A separate suit alleges Amazon violated the FTC Act and Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by illegally retaining thousands of children's information through their profiles with the Alexa voice assistant.
Under the proposed settlement, Amazon will have to delete inactive child accounts as well as some voice recordings and geolocation information.
Amazon has faced scrutiny over the data that's collected by its kids-oriented Echo smart speakers, which use Alexa to respond to commands.
Amazon will also have to implement a privacy program to govern its use of geolocation information.
Organizations:
Amazon, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Justice, COPPA