Amazon’s Ring doorbell was used to spy on customers, FTC says in privacy case
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In the agency's latest effort to hold big tech accountable, the company agreed to settle the privacy violations for $5.8m
A former employee of Amazon's Ring doorbell camera unit spied on female customers for months in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms, the Federal Trade Commission said in a court filing on Wednesday when it announced a $5.8m settlement with the company over privacy violations.
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, according to a court filing in federal court in Seattle that outlined a separate settlement.
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