Echo Show Privacy Report

Privacy Rating
7.2
/10
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The Echo Show has a lot going for it, like strong encryption and multi-factor authentication. They even provide automatic software updates. Their privacy policy is a bit troubling. It allows them to share all their users’ personal information with third parties, including IP addresses, browser information, and web pages visited.

Encryption

In Transit Yes
At rest? Yes
All network communications and capabilities? Yes

Security Updates

Automatic, regular software/ firmware updates? Yes
Product available to use during updates? Yes

Passwords

Mandatory password? Yes
Two-Factor authentication? Yes
Multi-Factor authentication? Yes

Vulnerability Management

Point of contact for reporting vulnerabilities? Submit a report
Bug bounty program? Yes

Privacy Policy

Link https://www.alexa.com/help/privacy
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
Log microphone device/ app No
Location tracking device/ app No

Parental Controls

Are there parental controls? No

Company History

Any security breaches/ surveillance issues in past? Yes
Did they do anything to fix it? Yes

Additional Security Features

Anything like privacy shutters, privacy zones, etc.? No