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Company: Amazon.com
Current Parent Company: Amazon.com
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $25,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: May 31, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Mega-Scandal: Online Privacy
Violation Description: The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice will require Amazon to overhaul its deletion practices and implement stringent privacy safeguards to settle charges the company violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule)and deceived parents and users of the Alexa voice assistant service about its data deletion practices.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-internet
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