{"id":261866,"date":"2026-06-02T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/amazons-ring-sued-over-facial-recognition-feature-latest-privacy-concern-for-doorbell-maker\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T07:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:30:11","slug":"amazons-ring-sued-over-facial-recognition-feature-latest-privacy-concern-for-doorbell-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/amazons-ring-sued-over-facial-recognition-feature-latest-privacy-concern-for-doorbell-maker\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon’s Ring sued over facial recognition feature, latest privacy concern for doorbell maker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon’s Ring sued over facial recognition feature, latest privacy concern for doorbell maker<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/business\/amazons-ring-sued-over-facial-recognition-feature-latest-privacy-concern-doorbell-maker-6156536<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-02 07:12:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.channelnewsasia.com<\/a><\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 : Amazon was sued on Monday by a Virginia resident over what he said were privacy violations after the company’s Ring doorbell cameras at friends and family members’ homes collected and stored images of his face using facial recognition software.<\/p>\n

The plaintiff, Charles Sigwalt, who is seeking class-action status, sued Amazon in federal court in Seattle alleging a feature known as \u201cFamiliar Faces\u201d retains images of passersby without their consent. He is seeking at least $5 million in damages for the class.<\/p>\n

Familiar Faces, which is optional, uses artificial intelligence to identify and remember people so that when they return to a home or a business, notifications can include specific names.<\/p>\n

Those affected \u201cdid not consent to have their privacy rights violated at the entrance way,\u201d according to the suit. \u201cMillions of other Americans passed by a Ring security camera and unknowingly had their facial recognition information collected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amazon declined to comment.<\/p>\n

The suit, which seeks unspecified damages for those impacted, is just the latest in a string of controversies around Amazon\u2019s Ring, the unit that makes the eponymous smart doorbells and security systems.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ring, which Amazon bought in 2018 for $1 billion, in February faced a backlash over a service that it advertised during the Super Bowl that it said helps people find lost dogs by activating its neighborhood network of cameras. Users and privacy advocates were concerned\u00a0the cameras could be deployed to surveil whole neighborhoods or areas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following the criticism, Ring in February ended an unrelated partnership with Flock Safety, which deploys license plate readers and cameras for law enforcement use.<\/p>\n

In 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission reached a $5.8 million settlement with Ring over privacy allegations that it said included a former employee spying on female customers in their home bedrooms and bathrooms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The FTC said Ring employees had unrestricted access to…<\/p>\n

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