Amazon's Alexa and Ring privacy violations result in multi-million dollar penalties.

The Federal Trade Commission has settled a lawsuit against Amazon over the company’s alleged failure to delete recordings of children when it should have. Regulators said Amazon would pay $25 million for violating federal child privacy laws. Parents can protect their children’s privacy by adjusting privacy and security settings, turning on parental controls, and teaching their kids about how the tech works. Amazon is now required to delete all inactive profiles and associated data and to create a privacy program specifically targeted at protecting geolocation data. The $25 million settlement will go straight to the U.S. Treasury.