Amazon’s Ring agrees to pay $5.8 million to settle FTC spying suit

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An outstretched hand pressing the Ring Video Doorbell.
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Amazon’s Ring unit has agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that its doorbells illegally spied on users.

The settlement addresses a lawsuit filed by the FTC Wednesday accusing Ring of unlawfully deceiving its customers over the privacy of their data and the videos collected by its products. According to the agency’s complaint, Ring failed to restrict employees and contractors from accessing customer videos and used them to train algorithms without user consent.

“Ring’s disregard for privacy and security exposed consumers to spying and harassment,” FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection director Samuel Levine said in a statement Wednesday. “The FTC’s order makes clear that putting profit over privacy...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/31/23744369/amazon-ring-doorbell-ftc-privacy-spying-settlement

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