Amazon saved children’s voices recorded by Alexa even after parents asked for it to be deleted. Now it’s paying a $25 million fine.::“For too long, Amazon has treated children’s sensitive data as its own property,” Josh Golin, executive director of Fairplay, said in a statement.

  • Brudder Aaron@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Fuck it. Hit them with a couple of billion and THEN companies might stop being shitheads to basic human rights.

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      Totally agree. Facebook should have been absolutely crippled financially after influencing an election, but they get off scot free.

      My idea is this:

      Instead of a maximum fine being applied, you take a violation, lets say influencing an election, and you calculate how much of the corporations revenue came from that source. (i.e. Facebook messenger revenue would not count for election manipulation). Then, take a huge portion of that revenue (60%, 70%? [Depending on the violation]) and take that from their revenue. Who gives a shit if Facebook literally has to close down one of their services from lack of finances, thats what they get.

        • Fubber Nuckin'@lemmy.world
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          Yeah, something at or above 100% would be good. Even at 100% they’re still losing the cost of doing business and getting zero revenue from it which is a poor business decision.