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Amazon will pay $5.8 million to settle a . According to the federal complaint, Ring had allowed employees and third-party contractors full access to customer video content. This unfettered access was abused by some employees and contractors and was used to violate the privacy of both Ring customers and other workers.
The several cases where hacked cameras were used to sexually harass and spy on women, stalk female co-workers who used Ring products, utter racial slurs toward children and more. The FTC alleges that Amazon failed to address these issues after buying the company in 2018, noting that security issues persisted from 2016 through 2020.
Amazon has , telling US Senators in 2020 that at least four employees had been terminated for accessing or attempting to access data that "exceeded what was necessary for their job functions."
This isn't the first time Ring Doorbells have contended with privacy complaints, either. The company faced scrutiny last year for . In 2020, hackers used illicit access to Ring cameras to use in livestream swattings.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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The several cases where hacked cameras were used to sexually harass and spy on women, stalk female co-workers who used Ring products, utter racial slurs toward children and more. The FTC alleges that Amazon failed to address these issues after buying the company in 2018, noting that security issues persisted from 2016 through 2020.
Amazon has , telling US Senators in 2020 that at least four employees had been terminated for accessing or attempting to access data that "exceeded what was necessary for their job functions."
This isn't the first time Ring Doorbells have contended with privacy complaints, either. The company faced scrutiny last year for . In 2020, hackers used illicit access to Ring cameras to use in livestream swattings.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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