Echo Flex Privacy Report
Amazon is a company with many surveillance issues in the past, which accounted for the majority of deductions for the Echo Flex. The tech giant logs microphone audio and app data and Amazon employees listen to Alexa recordings. However, Amazon encrypts all data, offers regular security updates, and uses advanced authentication to ensure the most privacy possible.
Encryption
| In Transit | Yes |
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| At rest? | Yes |
| All network communications and capabilities? | Yes |
Security Updates
| Automatic, regular software/ firmware updates? | Yes |
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| Product available to use during updates? | Yes |
Passwords
| Mandatory password? | Yes |
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| Two-Factor authentication? | Yes |
| Multi-Factor authentication? | Yes |
Vulnerability Management
Point of contact for reporting vulnerabilities?Submit a report
| Bug bounty program? | Yes |
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Privacy Policy
| Link | https://www.alexa.com/help/privacy |
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| Specific to device? | No |
| Readable? | Yes |
| What data they log | Name, address, email, country, nickname, telephone number, website, company, job title, credit card information, IP address, URL clickstream, browser information, operating system, toolbar service, cookies, web pages visited |
| What data they don’t log | n/a |
| Can you delete your data? | Yes |
| Third-party sharing policies | Shares information with third parties. |
Surveillance
| Log camera device/ app footage | No |
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| Log microphone device/ app | Yes |
| Location tracking device/ app | No |
Parental Controls
| Are there parental controls? | No |
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Company History
| Any security breaches/ surveillance issues in past? | Not the Echo Flex specifically, but other Alexa products |
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| Did they do anything to fix it? | n/a |
Additional Security Features
| Anything like privacy shutters, privacy zones, etc.? | No |
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