# 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.

- Website: https://ring.com
- Jurisdiction: United States. Five Eyes member. Subject to the US CLOUD Act.
- Platforms: Android, iOS, Web
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Security cameras](https://privacyratings.com/security-cameras/)
- Grade: F (10/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The Exodus report finds Bugsnag and Google Firebase Analytics in the Android app, and the privacy notice describes third-party web and app analytics. | https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.ringapp/latest/ |
| No ads or data sales | Partial | The privacy notice says activity on Ring websites and apps may be collected by ad networks for interest-based advertising. | https://ring.com/privacy-notice |
| Independent audit | No | 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](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/05/ftc-says-ring-employees-illegally-surveilled-customers-failed-stop-hackers-taking-control-users) and [case page](https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/2023113-ring-llc).

Ring publishes [law enforcement guidelines and twice-yearly reports](https://ring.com/law-enforcement-information-requests) with the number of government demands it receives and how it responds.

Source: https://privacyratings.com/security-cameras/ring/
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