Amazon — Policy Change

Executive Summary

Amazon launched the Halo fitness band, which used body-scanning technology to estimate body fat percentage and continuously listened to the wearer's voice to analyze emotional tone. The device raised significant privacy concerns due to the unprecedented scope of health and biometric data collected, prompting Senator Amy Klobuchar to write to the Department of Health and Human Services about security and antitrust implications. Mozilla's Privacy Not Included project flagged the device for its invasive data collection practices.