Use & Processing · Company practice
Amazon may process your voice input and other information such as location in the cloud
When you use voice services on the device, such as Alexa, Amazon may process your voice input and other information, such as your location, in the cloud. The stated purposes are to respond to your requests and to improve your experience and Amazon's products and services. Your use of Alexa is also governed by the separate Alexa Terms of Use. Amazon points to a page that explains wake word processing and how to delete voice recordings associated with your account.
Details
- Why
- To respond to your requests and to improve your experience and Amazon's products and services
- Condition
- When you use voice services
Supporting quotations
Your Amazon Device may have features that allow you to access Alexa voice services or otherwise use your voice to perform certain tasks, such as check the weather, add a calendar entry, perform a search, or operate other connected products.
When you use voice services, we may process your voice input and other information (such as location) in the cloud to respond to your requests and to improve your experience and our products and services.
Your use of Alexa is subject to the Alexa Terms of Use (
including wake word processing, and how to delete voice recordings associated with your account.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The General section adds that information sent to Amazon may be stored on servers outside your country and is handled under the Amazon.com Privacy Notice.
Not stated here
- The Alexa Terms of Use and the linked Alexa voice page are not supplied, so the deletion steps and wake word details are not described here.
Cross-references
- qualified by (model-proposed): Device information may be processed in the cloud and stored outside your country, under the Privacy Notice — Voice input processed in the cloud is information provided to Amazon, which the General section says may be stored outside your country and is handled under the Privacy Notice.