Amazon’s Ring doorbell unit has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $5.8 million (£4.7 million) in a settlement over privacy violations.
It comes after the FTC filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that Ring violated a portion of the FTC Act that fights unfair or deceptive business practices.
While Ring says its products help keep customers safer with its doorbell security cameras, the FTC claimed that Ring instead comprised customer information by giving third-party contractors access to customer videos, even when it was unnecessary to perform their jobs.
