Amazon Admits Giving Ring Camera Footage to Police Without a Warrant or Consent
In response to recent questions from Sen. Ed Markey, Amazon stated that it has provided police with user footage 11 times this year alone.
13 July 2022
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In response to recent questions from Sen. Ed Markey, Amazon stated that it has provided police with user footage 11 times this year alone.
13 July 2022
Ring, Amazon's perennially controversial and police-friendly surveillance subsidiary, has long defended its cozy relationship with law enforcement by pointing out that cops can only get access to a camera owner’s recordings with their express permission or a court order. But in response to recent questions from Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., the company stated that it has provided police with user footage 11 times this year alone without either. Last month, Markey wrote to Amazon asking it to both clarify Ring’s ever-expanding relationship with American police, who’ve increasingly come to rely on the company’s growing residential surveillance dragnet, and to commit ...
Amazon Admits Giving Ring Camera Footage to Police Without a Warrant or Consent
In response to recent questions from Sen. Ed Markey, Amazon stated that it has provided police with user footage 11 times this year alone.
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