Ring fired four employees who abused internal access and spied on customers as the company faces a negligence lawsuit over hacked home surveillance cameras.
Dalvin BrownThe Amazon-owned security camera company
Huseman said that although the staffers involved were authorized to view video data from the cameras,"the attempted access to that data exceeded what was necessary for their job functions." After an investigation in November, Markey released findings calling Ring's privacy policies an"open door for privacy and civil liberty violations." Markey accused Amazon of not doing enough"to ensure that its products and practices do not run afoul of our civil liberties.”
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