Amazon Ring Security Cameras
Amazon’s Ring security camera and smart home products are controversial because it sure seems like the company is working on a big ol’ nation-wide surveillance network. Amazon also has a bad track record in terms of partnering and sharing data with police without informed consent from users of its products.
Cameras: Yes
Microphones: Yes
Location tracking: Yes
What data it collects: Name, phone number, email, postal address, age, gender, location, video and audio recordings, biometric data
Can you delete the data: Mozilla says it’s not clear whether you can delete the data in all locations.
How the company uses the data: Sharing with third parties, advertising, working with law enforcement
Mozilla says:
“Ring has a history of not protecting users’ privacy. At one point they reportedly stored customer data—including video recordings—unencrypted on an Amazon cloud server and employees could access any of this data. There have also been reported data leaks and concerns that the Ring Doorbell app is full of third-party trackers tracking a good amount of personal information that Amazon Ring doesn’t disclose.”
Mozilla’s review:
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/amazon-ring-security-cams/
