Amazon-owned Ring has been providing video footage to law enforcement without obtaining proper warrants or user consent, despite making explicit promises not to do so in the recent past. Amazon has admitted to turning over user footage in 11 “emergency” situations this year; it revealed this information only when asked by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.).
Sen. Markey recently wrote to Amazon asking for clarification on its police policies. In response, Brian Huseman, Amazon’s VP of public policy, said Amazon reserves the right to hand over footage in “cases involving imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to any person.” The Intercept notes that Amazon declined to detail what criteria are used to make this decision, instead saying Ring makes a “good-faith determination.”
