Amazon faces class action suit over Ring facial recognition feature
Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit over a facial recognition feature in its Ring home security products. The suit appears to center on how the company collects, stores, or uses biometric data captured by Ring devices.
Why this matters: Ring cameras already sit outside millions of front doors. Adding facial recognition to that network means your neighbors' devices can potentially identify you every time you walk down the street. You did not agree to that. You were not asked. Biometric data is not like a password you can change if something goes wrong. This suit puts a direct question to Amazon: who gave you permission to build a face database out of residential cameras, and what are you doing with it?
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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