{"id":10239,"date":"2023-06-01T00:37:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T22:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/01\/amazons-ring-doorbell-was-used-to-spy-on-customers-ftc-says-in-privacy-case\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T00:37:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T22:37:37","slug":"amazons-ring-doorbell-was-used-to-spy-on-customers-ftc-says-in-privacy-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/01\/amazons-ring-doorbell-was-used-to-spy-on-customers-ftc-says-in-privacy-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s Ring doorbell was used to spy on customers, FTC says in privacy case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the agency\u2019s latest effort to hold big tech accountable, the company agreed to settle the privacy violations for $5.8m<\/p>\n<p>A former employee of Amazon\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon also agreed to pay $25m to settle allegations it violated children\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/may\/31\/amazon-ring-doorbell-spying-ftc\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0af745c18c414f242fe3cab68ac045471a273bf7\/0_174_3609_2166\/master\/3609.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=63b5c0464906a79830a1c6a92b2ef2b2\" title=\"Amazon\u2019s Ring doorbell was used to spy on customers, FTC says in privacy case\" \/>In the agency\u2019s latest effort to hold big tech accountable, the company agreed to settle the privacy violations for $5.8m<br \/>\nA former employee of Amazon\u2019s 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.<br \/>\nAmazon also agreed to pay $25m to settle allegations it violated children\u2019s 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. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the agency\u2019s latest effort to hold big tech accountable, the company agreed to settle the privacy violations for $5.8m A former employee of Amazon\u2019s 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 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/01\/amazons-ring-doorbell-was-used-to-spy-on-customers-ftc-says-in-privacy-case\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amazon\u2019s Ring doorbell was used to spy on customers, FTC says in privacy case<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10239"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}