Amazon Announces New Privacy Controls for Alexa

Having often come under scrutiny for the alleged privacy failings of its Alexa voice banana, Amazon on Wed appear new privacy features that it says will offering users more control over how their individual information is stored online. As part of the programme, users will now be able to choose whether or not to save their Alexa vocalization recordings. They can ready their preference via the Alexa app or by visiting Alexa Privacy Settings online.

If a user chooses not to save their voice recordings, they volition be automatically deleted after Alexa processes their request. All previously saved recordings volition likewise be deleted. Users will still exist able to review the transcripts of their conversations with Alexa for xxx days before the recordings are deleted for skillful. During this period, they will be still able to delete them manually from their Alexa account.

Amazon is likewise making it simpler to delete all Alexa recordings via voice commands. For example, users can now delete all saved voice recordings associated with their account by just maxim: "Alexa, delete everything I've said". This is add-on to the existing voice commands – "Alexa, delete what I just said" and "Alexa, delete everything I said today" – that allow users to delete their recent recording history.

Users can now as well review their privacy settings simply by request: "Alexa, how exercise I review my privacy settings?". In that case, Amazon will ship a straight link within the Alexa app for their personal Privacy Settings page, where users can learn more than about Alexa's privacy features and brand changes to their privacy settings if needed.

Amazon also said it volition announce more than Alexa features in the future while putting user privacy front and center. "Because privacy is foundational to everything we exercise, we're committed to inventing new useful experiences, while protecting your privacy and providing the controls that are well-nigh relevant to you", the company said.