Security News > 2022 > August > Ring Gives Videos to Police without a Warrant or User Consent
Amazon has revealed that it gives police videos from its Ring doorbells without a warrant and without user consent.
The Amazon company responded to an inquiry from US Senator Ed Markey, confirming that there have been 11 cases in 2022 where Ring complied with police "Emergency" requests.
In each case, Ring handed over private recordings, including video and audio, without letting users know that police had access to-and potentially downloaded-their data.
Police are not the customers for Ring; the people who buy the devices are the customers.
In the past Amazon has given coaching to police to tell residents to install the Ring app and purchase cameras for their homes-an arrangement that made salespeople out of the police force.
Ring could build a device, sold straight to residents, that ensures police come to the user's door if they are interested in footage-but Ring instead has decided it would rather continue making money from residents while providing services to police.