It also took a hit when multiple reports showed Alexa mistakenly sending voice recordings to strangers.Īmazon has become more vocal about tightening Alexa's privacy features.

Last year, Bloomberg reported that Amazon had human reviewers listen to private conversations recorded through Alexa, including sensitive conversations or people having sex. Toth is a high-profile hire for Amazon, who's been hampered by privacy issues over its Alexa voice assistant in recent years. Most recently, she was the head of technology policy & partnerships for the World Economic Forum.

At Slack, Toth also ran the company's HR and government relations. After spending over 13 years at Yahoo, she went on to do similar work for Google and Slack. Toth is best known for her time at Yahoo, where she was chief trust officer and helped write the company's first privacy policy. Amazon's representative didn't respond to a request for comment. Toth's LinkedIn page has been updated to show her new job. Toth joined Amazon in August and is now the director of Alexa Trust, according to people familiar with the matter.Īlexa Trust is part of the broader Alexa Experience team, and is in charge of building stronger privacy and security policies, one person said.

Do you work at Amazon? Contact this reporter via encrypted messaging apps Signal/Telegram (+1 4) or email Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Īmazon has added Anne Toth, a renowned privacy and security expert, to its Alexa group, as it looks to strengthen the privacy policies over its popular voice assistant.

User privacy and security has been a hot-button issue for Amazon in recent years, following reports of employees listening to private conversations through Alexa recordings.

Toth spent over 13 years at Yahoo, where she was chief trust officer, and held similar roles at Google, Slack, and the World Economic Forum.

Amazon has added Anne Toth to its Alexa Trust team that oversees the voice assistant's privacy and security policies.

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