Security cameras
Ring privacy rating
Amazon-owned video doorbells and security cameras with an app for live view, motion alerts and cloud recording through a Ring subscription. Optional end-to-end encryption is available for video.
Summary
Ring scores 10 out of 100 (grade F) on the security cameras criteria. It partly meets no ads or data sales. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 10 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The Exodus report finds Bugsnag and Google Firebase Analytics in the Android app, and the privacy notice describes third-party web and app analytics.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
The privacy notice says activity on Ring websites and apps may be collected by ad networks for interest-based advertising.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
The FTC charged Ring with letting employees and contractors access customers' private videos and with failing to protect accounts from hackers; the settlement order required Ring to pay $5.8 million in consumer refunds and to delete data products built from unlawfully accessed videos. See the FTC press release and case page.
Ring publishes law enforcement guidelines and twice-yearly reports with the number of government demands it receives and how it responds.