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Amazon Agrees to Injunctive Relief and $25 Million Civil Penalty for Alleged Violations of Children's Privacy Law Relating to Alexa
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice, 2023
Read the originalRead on October 19, 2026
- What it is
- A Justice Department press release, dated July 19, 2023, announcing that Amazon agreed to a permanent injunction and a $25 million civil penalty with the FTC over alleged COPPA and FTC Act violations relating to the Alexa voice assistant. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
- How much weight it carries
- Official government release from the agency that filed the complaint on the FTC's behalf. It describes allegations in a complaint and a settlement, so the penalty is what Amazon agreed to pay, not a finding of liability. The release is the DOJ's own statement, not the FTC's press release, which this check did not reach.
Facts taken from this source
- Amazon agreed to a permanent injunction and a $25 million civil penalty, in a settlement with the FTC and DOJ over alleged COPPA and FTC Act violations relating to Alexa.
“have agreed to a permanent injunction and a $25 million civil penalty as part of a settlement to resolve alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)” (First paragraph)