Amazon saved children’s voices recorded by Alexa even after parents asked for it to be deleted. Now it’s paying a $25 million fine.::“For too long, Amazon has treated children’s sensitive data as its own property,” Josh Golin, executive director of Fairplay, said in a statement.

  • @EatMyDick@lemmy.world
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    -231 year ago

    Lolololol 25% of profits for keeping on to recordings for too long? You people are insane. You just hate Amazon and want to stick it to them.

    The irony is none of these lemmy instances are run by companies with registrations and can do whatever the fuck they want when your data yet everyone is a okay cause pinky promise I hate Reddit too! 🤦‍♂️

    • gian
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      101 year ago

      A penalty should be something you want to avoid. A 25 million (occasional) fine for Amazon is like asking me to pay a .25 (occasional) fine for, say, no parking. It has no deterrence.

      On the other hand, a percentual on the profits is a lot more deterrent, expecially for a company. Maybe 25% is too much, I agree, but let’s say a 2-5% of the profits is not that bad.

      Note that a fine that is a percentual of your profits (or income) is far more balanced because it hurts the small and the big company the same way.

    • @eleitl@lemmy.ml
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      31 year ago

      You can somewhat trust some people with your data if there is no profit motive. You can’t trust a corporation or a government. Ever.