Amazon's Ring and Alexa privacy violations result in $30 million FTC settlement.
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Amazon's Ring doorbell camera unit has agreed to pay $5.8m to settle a privacy case with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that a former employee spied on female customers for months in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms. Amazon also agreed to pay $25m to settle allegations it violated children's privacy rights when it failed to delete Alexa recordings at the request of parents and kept them longer than necessary. The FTC settlements are the agency's latest effort to hold big tech accountable for policies that critics say place profits ahead of privacy.
- Amazon's Ring doorbell was used to spy on customers, FTC says in privacy case The Guardian
- Amazon to pay over $30 million in FTC settlements over Ring, Alexa privacy violations CNBC
- Amazon to pay more than $30 million to settle FTC privacy complaints over Alexa and Ring CNN
- FTC Orders Ring to Pay $5.8 Million in Refunds For Surveilling Customers, Failing to Stop Hackers VICE
- Ring security cameras gave every employee 'full access' to all customer video for years: FTC ABC News
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