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Re:Amazon reveals private Alexa voice data files by londons_explore on Saturday December 22, 2018 @01:31PM (#18741797)
Google is the same - see your recordings here:

https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity?restrict=vaa

I'm not sure if it's codified in law, but big tech companies are moving towards 'if we store non-anonymized user data, it must be possible for the user to log in and see it themselves'. I think they do that so they can argue that storing and playing back the audio is a feature of the product, rather than something ancillary they happen to do which might not be in the users interest.

Re:Amazon reveals private Alexa voice data files by jkantz on Friday December 28, 2018 @07:19AM (#18776340)
This used to be called "search history", and then "web history", and now "my activity". These controls for user data have been a best practice Google has been following for many years.

https://policies.google.com/technologies/retention

Re:Amazon reveals private Alexa voice data files by Tomte on Sunday December 23, 2018 @03:31AM (#18745074)
I was surprised they store a real recording. I thought they submitted some pre-processed form which saves bandwith, partly anonymizes the speech and then hands it off for recognition.