Amazon to pay $5.8M to settles FTC claims Ring doorbell spied on users

The FTC alleged that until 2017 Ring gave all its employees and third-party contractors full access to customer video, whether they needed it or not.

By Leah Nylen and Andrea VittorioAmazon.com’s Ring unit agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations Wednesday its doorbell cameras spied on users.

The FTC alleged that Amazon didn’t do enough to address the problems after buying the company, with data security issues continuing until 2020. The company said it fired some employees in 2020 for improperly trying to access customer data and subsequently revamped its security practices, including adding encryption to its video devices.

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