Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial-recognition feature
Key points
- Amazon was sued on Monday over alleged privacy violations from its Ring doorbell cameras.
- The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ringâs Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent.
- Ring announced the Familiar Faces feature last September and faced pushback from consumer protection organizations like the EFF, as well as Senator Ed Markey (D-MA).
- But the company moved forward with its plans to launch the feature in December.
- Familiar Faces lets Ring users identify people who regularly come to their home through AI facial recognition.
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Amazon was sued on Monday over alleged privacy violations from its Ring doorbell cameras. The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles
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Key Takeaways
- Amazon was sued on Monday over alleged privacy violations from its Ring doorbell cameras.
- The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ringâs Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent.
- Ring announced the Familiar Faces feature last September and faced pushback from consumer protection organizations like the EFF, as well as Senator Ed Markey (D-MA).
- But the company moved forward with its plans to launch the feature in December.
- Familiar Faces lets Ring users identify people who regularly come to their home through AI facial recognition.
đ Source: Amanda Silberling
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