Amazon to Pay Record $30 Million Fine for Privacy Violations Involving Ring Cameras and Alexa

Amazon will pay over $30 million to settle alleged privacy violations involving Alexa and Ring
Amazon is accused of allowing its employees and contractors to access private videos of consumers and providing lax security practices in the Ring case
Ring, a home security camera company owned by Amazon, will pay $5.8 million to settle allegations of violating customer privacy
The FTC alleged that Ring deceived customers by failing to restrict access to their videos to employees and contractors, and by using customer videos to train algorithms without gaining consent
Amazon will pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping kids' voice and location data recorded by Alexa