Paidsettlement · FTC Act
Amazon's $5.8M Ring settlement over camera access
$5.8M
US Federal Trade Commission
US · 2023
Status: Paid
What happened
The FTC settled claims that Ring employees and contractors improperly accessed customers' home camera videos, and that lax security allowed outside access.
How it affected users
Intimate home footage was viewed without customers' knowledge or consent.
Status timeline
May 31, 2023
Penalty announced.
Sources
- FTC press release (May 2023)regulator
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Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "Amazon's $5.8M Ring settlement over camera access," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2023-05-31. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/amazon-us-ring-2023/