Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition violated children's privacy law, say advocacy groups

Privacy concerns surrounding Amazon's Echo line of smart speakers are nothing new, but it's a different ballgame when children are involved.

Several advocacy groups collectively lodged a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday, accusing Amazon of farming personal data from children using the Echo Dot Kids Edition released last year. Amazon denied the accusations, claiming its practices were fully compliant with federal laws, according to the New York Times.

Among the groups who filed the complaint were Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Parents Across America. Essentially, they claimed Amazon's kid-centric smart speaker could store private information that kids shared with it in a way that was difficult for parents to purge from its cloud storage. Read more...