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Amazon in hot seat over privacy practices, ad targeting | CBC News

Tech large Amazon used to be in the hot seat Wednesday over how it gathers knowledge on its customers, together with the use of good audio system searches to focus on other people with commercials its good audio system recording circle of relatives conversations.
Tech giant Amazon was in the hot seat Wednesday over the way it gathers information on its users, including using smart speakers searches to target people with ads its smart speakers recording family conversations.

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