Amazon has been ordered to pay more than $30 million in fines over privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring. camera unit spied for months on female customers in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms.Federal Trade Commission announced a $5.8 million settlement with the company over the privacy violations.
The tech giant has been ordered to pay more than $30 million in fines for privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and doorbell camera Ring.'While we disagree with the FTC's claims regarding both Alexa and Ring, and deny violating the law, these settlements put these matters behind us,' Amazon.com said in a statement.
The FTC said Ring gave employees unrestricted access to customers' sensitive video data: 'As a result of this dangerously overbroad access and lax attitude toward privacy and security, employees and third-party contractors were able to view, download, and transfer customers' sensitive video data.' The tech giant has been ordered to pay more than $30 million in fines over privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring