TechCrunch: Amazon responds to a US senator’s inquiry, confirms Alexa voice records are kept indefinitely

TechCrunch: Amazon responds to a US senator’s inquiry, confirms Alexa voice records are kept indefinitely by Sarah Perez:

Amazon has responded to a letter of inquiry it received from U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) that asks the company to detail what happens to customers’ Alexa voice records and data after they speak to their virtual assistant. The Senator’s letter was prompted by a CNET investigation in May, which found that Amazon keeps voice records unless users manually delete them — and that it may keep text transcripts of those voice recordings indefinitely.

Remember these subpoenas?
ABC News: NH (2018): Judge orders Amazon to hand over Echo recordings in double murder case
Business Insider: AR (2017): Amazon handed over Alexa recordings to the police in a murder case. That case got dropped because the state depended on that evidence. Arkansas Prosecutors Drop Murder Case That Hinged On Evidence From Amazon Echo

And this piece? Bloomberg Opinion: The Future Will Be Recorded, on Your Smart Speaker (“We should welcome Amazon’s plans for Alexa to listen to more of what we say.”).

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