The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) called for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition smart speaker. The group ran a study and found that Amazon keeps voice recordings—which can potentially contain sensitive information—forever by default, and can only be deleted by calling customer service. (Vox)

Talking point: Amazon previously said the speaker would offer parental controls, be ad-free and block third-party sites like shopping and news. However, the complaint argues that by allowing children to easily bypass the parental consent needed to have their data collected, the device violates the COPPA. The news follows a report by Anne Longfield, the U.K.’s children’s commissioner, from December 2018, which found that children’s data is being collected more than ever, and that it has significant consequences for when they become adults—for example, whether a child’s health data could affect their ability to take out insurance as adults.