iRobot’s Roombas have a new Chinese owner, but it says your data will remain in the US

As portion of its acquisition by China-based Picea Robotics, iRobot is creating a caller US-based subsidiary called iRobot Safe, which the institution says volition beryllium "responsible for the extortion of US user data," akin to the TikTok deal that was completed past month. iRobot customers successful the US volition beryllium capable to proceed utilizing their robovacs arsenic usual, but present their information volition beryllium handled by iRobot Safe, alternatively than the company's caller owner.

In a press release published connected January 23rd, iRobot stated that the instauration of iRobot Safe is "designed to support a wide separation betwixt iRobot's non-US ownership and its US and different planetary user dat …

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