Amazon Ring Sued over Facial Recognition
The class action says Ring’s Familiar Faces feature stored images of passers-by and delivery workers without consent and seeks at least $5 million in damages.
- Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt sued Amazon on Monday in federal court in Seattle, alleging that Ring's 'Familiar Faces' feature collects and stores facial recognition data from passersby without their knowledge or consent.
- Ring introduced the AI-powered 'Familiar Faces' feature late last year, prompting criticism from the EFF and Democratic Senator Markey regarding potential neighborhood surveillance.
- The lawsuit alleges that "millions of other Americans passed by a Ring security camera and unknowingly had their facial recognition information collected," with Sigwalt seeking at least $5 million in damages for the class.
- Amazon has not commented on the filing, though The FTC reached a $5.8 million settlement with the company in 2023 over allegations that staff improperly accessed customer video data.
- Critics argue the system creates a privately owned surveillance network that captures passersby, noting that Ring avoids releasing the feature in Illinois or Texas due to strict biometric privacy laws.
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A Virginia resident accused Amazon of collecting biometric data using Ring cameras without consent and seeks to generate a collective lawsuit
Amazon sued over Ring facial recognition feature
Amazon has just been hit with a class-action lawsuit over its controversial facial recognition feature in Ring video doorbell cameras.The lawsuit was filed on Monday in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt. The suit seeks $5 million in damages.Last fall, Amazon launched a new "Familiar Faces" feature inside Ring doorbells. Utilizing AI, Familiar Faces scans and identifies visitors to a Ring owner's home. When Familiar Faces recognizes a …
Ring gets buzzed by class action for collecting visitors' faces without consent
Perhaps you stopped by a friend's house and rang their Ring doorbell. Or maybe you walked past a neighbor's front door on your way somewhere else. According to a new class action lawsuit, Ring's Familiar Faces feature may have captured your face and generated facial-recognition data from it without your knowledge. A Virginia man is now suing Amazon and its home security subsidiary, alleging violations of state laws. Charles Sigwalt claims that R…
Amazon’s Ring Doorbell Hit With $5 Million Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Feature
Global eCommerce giant Amazon is facing a $5 million class action lawsuit over its Ring doorbell’s artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition feature. Filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, the litigation alleges that Amazon.com and its subsidiary Ring LLC violated privacy rights when the Ring security camera captured images of people’s faces without their knowledge or consent. An Amazon spokesperson told The Epoch Times that the …
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