Amazon says amended US privacy claims over Alexa recordings still fail, should be dismissed
( December 15, 2021, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Amazon.com told a US judge that plaintiffs bringing privacy claims cannot claim that they did not know they were being recorded by their Alexa-enabled devices. “[N]othing about Alexa’s recording functionality is a secret: Amazon clearly discloses how Alexa works and, from the day Alexa launched in 2014, the media reported the fact that the service records users’ voices and stores those recordings until the user deletes them,” it said. Additionally, Amazon argued that none of the plaintiffs have sustained injury to their money or property.See document below. ...
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