Rep. Markey Not Satisfied With Amazon's Reponse to Kindle Privacy Concerns

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) was not satisfied with Amazon's response to his questions about the security of its new Kindle Fire tablet.

In the wake of a story in the New York Times that Amazon could use it to collect online buying and surfing habits of users through the combination of the device and the Silk browser, Markey was concerned that Amazon could track each user's click and sought information from the company in an Oct. 14 letter.

He released the response Tuesday, saying that it did not provide enough details about how Amazon planned to use its customer info.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.