Hey Alexa! Delete all my sound records that you Saved!

Those who know anything about Amazon.com e-commerce website need no introduction to Amazon Alexa. It is a Virtual Assistant equivalent to Apple Siri and Google Assistant (and Samsung Bixby) from Amazon. Initially Amazon announced Alexa as part of its standalone speakers Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot. More recently Amazon started positioning Alexa as a standalone product which caters to various digital requirements of users like music playback, daily agendas, setting alerts, gushing digital recordings, playing book recordings, Temperature, traffic, sports, etc. These days, thansk to Amazon Prime Day sales, Alexa enabled devices are available in plethora in the form of smart plugs, smart bulbs, etc.

Alexa goes on gaining intelligence by acquiring new “skills” that users and developers go about teaching it. Most gadgets with Alexa enable clients to initiate the gadget utilizing a wake-word like “Hey Alexa”, that enables Alexa’s listening mode. Right now, association and correspondence with Alexa are accessible just in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese. In Canada, Alexa is accessible in English and in French (with the Québec complement).

Basis the latest news, Amazon executive responded to queries raised from Capitol Hill regarding privacy of user’s vocal interactions with Alexa.

The company noted that it may “still retain other records of customers’ Alexa interactions, including records of actions Alexa took in response to the customer’s request. And when a customer interacts with an Alexa skill, that skill developer may also retain records of the interaction.”

User’s vocal records are stored on Amazon servers and are almost never deleted. These interaction transcripts can be deleted only if user proactively delete them in the Alexa app and the Alexa privacy hub.

Amazon’s point behind storing voice records is that these user-device conversations are used to improve Alexa’s responses and for Amazon developers to make amends wherever Alexa’s response was undesirable.

Also as per Amazon’s latest amendments to their Alexa-enabled device privacy policy, users can simply say “Alexa, delete everything I said today” and the device will comply.