Amazon Forced To Pay Huge Fine For Spying On Users In Bathrooms And Bedrooms Using ‘Ring’ And ‘Alexa’ [VIDEO]

By Heather Allen

 

Ring security cameras have been marketed as a system designed for indoor or outdoor spaces to help Americans feel safe and protected.  But unfortunately according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Ring company employees have been able to access private video footage from customer’s homes.

 

Ring has marketed internet-connected, video-enabled cameras and doorbells to Americans to help them feel safe and secure at home. But Ring’s millions of customers had no idea their private video footage was being viewed by company employees and contractors. Employees have virtually been permitted to spy on bedrooms and bathrooms. And according to the FTC, “Despite the company’s claims that it took reasonable steps to ensure that Ring cameras were a secure means for consumers to monitor private areas of their homes, the company exhibited a fast-and-loose approach to customers’ highly sensitive information.”

The Ring is marketed on Amazon with this tagline:

“Feel safe knowing your home’s privacy is protected with thoughtful features that put you in control of what Indoor Cam sees—and when you want it active.”

Customers purchase Ring in order to be able to detect break-ins and intruders in their homes, not realizing that the very company they purchased equipment from was also a home intruder…

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