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FTC sends $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers as part of video privacy settlement
Read full article: FTC sends $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers as part of video privacy settlementThe Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access.
Ring offering $1M to catch extraterrestrial creatures on camera
Read full article: Ring offering $1M to catch extraterrestrial creatures on cameraThe popular doorbell camera company Ring is offering some BIG bucks for the lucky person who is able to catch something that the average person has never seen before.
Amazon to pay $31 million in privacy violation penalties for Alexa voice assistant and Ring camera
Read full article: Amazon to pay $31 million in privacy violation penalties for Alexa voice assistant and Ring cameraAmazon has agreed to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids’ voice and location data recorded by its Alexa voice assistant.
Clarification: Amazon-Ring-Police story
Read full article: Clarification: Amazon-Ring-Police storyIn a story published July 13, 2022, The Associated Press reported that the non-profit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation said the Los Angeles Police Department requested Ring footage of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.
Couple says they were beaten, faced threat of torture after being accused of stealing a grandmother’s ring, records show
Read full article: Couple says they were beaten, faced threat of torture after being accused of stealing a grandmother’s ring, records showA couple said they were held at gunpoint and faced the threat of torture after being accused of stealing a woman’s grandmother’s ring, documents show.
Amazon plans to share your internet with your neighbors. This is how you opt out
Read full article: Amazon plans to share your internet with your neighbors. This is how you opt outIf you have an Amazon device in your home, anything from an Alexa to an Echo, you have just seven days to opt out of an experiment that could put your privacy at risk.
Man leaves $3K tip for a beer as restaurant closes for virus
Read full article: Man leaves $3K tip for a beer as restaurant closes for virusCLEVELAND – A customer left a $3,000 tip for a single beer as a restaurant voluntarily closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The man walked into Nighttown on Sunday in Cleveland, ordered the beer and asked for the check, which came to $7.02, owner Brendan Ring wrote on Facebook. Ring said the man wished him well and told him to share the tip with the four employees who were working brunch service. As the man walked out, Ring wrote, he looked down at the tip and “realized he left a whopping $3,000.”“I ran after him and he said no mistake we will see you when you reopen!”Ring said he would not post the customer's name because he thinks the man wouldn't want that. The owner said he and his serving staff were “humbly grateful for this incredibly kind and grand gesture.”