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Amazon staff spied on women in bedrooms and bathrooms through Ring cameras, US officials say
Amazon staff spied on women in bedrooms and bathrooms through Ring cameras, US officials say
An employee used Amazon’s Ring cameras to spy on female users in their bedrooms and bathrooms, according to US officials. Various staff members used the company’s smart home cameras – intended to allow people to watch their own homes when they are away – to watch people without their knowledge, according to the US Federal Trade Commission. Amazon settled for $5.8 million in this case, which said that one employee had watched 81 female customers and Ring employees through their cameras. The company has been hit by two substantial fines over violating users’ privacy. The other accused of breaching childrens’ rights by failing to delete Alexa recordings, even when requested by their parents, leading to a separate $25 million fine. The FTC is also probing Amazon.com’s $1.7 billion deal to buy iRobot Corp, which was announced in August 2022 in Amazon’s latest push into smart home devices, and has a separate antitrust probe underway into Amazon. Amazon, which purchased Ring in April 2018, pledged to make some changes in its practices. “While we disagree with the FTC’s claims regarding both Alexa and Ring, and deny violating the law, these settlements put these matters behind us,” Amazon.com said in a statement. The FTC said Ring gave employees unrestricted access to customers’ sensitive video data: “As a result of this dangerously overbroad access and lax attitude toward privacy and security, employees and third-party contractors were able to view, download, and transfer customers’ sensitive video data.” In one instance in 2017, an employee of Ring viewed videos made by at least 81 female customers and Ring employees using Ring products. “Undetected by Ring, the employee continued spying for months,” the FTC said. A colleague noticed the misconduct and the employee was eventually terminated, the FTC complaint said. In May 2018, an employee gave information about a customer’s recordings to the person’s ex-husband without consent, the complaint said. In another instance, an employee was found to have given Ring devices to people and then watched their videos without their knowledge, the FTC said. As part of the FTC agreement with Ring, which expires after 20 years, Ring is required to disclose to customers how much access to their data the company and its contractors have. In February 2019, Ring changed its policies so that most Ring employees or contractors could only access a customer’s private video with that person’s consent. FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya told Reuters the settlements should send a message to tech companies that their need to collect data was not an excuse to break the law. “This is a very clear signal to them,” he said. The fines, totaling $30.8 million, represent a fraction of Amazon’s $3.2 billion first-quarter profit. In its complaint against Amazon.com filed in Washington state, the FTC said that it violated rules protecting children’s privacy and rules against deceiving consumers who used Alexa. For example, the FTC complaint says that Amazon told users it would delete voice transcripts and location information upon request, but then failed to do so. “The unlawfully retained voice recordings provided Amazon with a valuable database for training the Alexa algorithm to understand children, benefiting its bottom line at the expense of children’s privacy,” the FTC said. Additional reporting by agencies Read More Twitter’s head of trust and safety resigns from Elon Musk’s platform Mark Zuckerberg reveals new VR headset ahead of Apple AI chatbot taken down after it gives ‘harmful advice’ on eating disorders Twitter’s head of trust and safety resigns from Elon Musk’s platform Mark Zuckerberg reveals new VR headset ahead of Apple AI chatbot taken down after it gives ‘harmful advice’ on eating disorders
2023-06-02 14:15
Now Seen as an AI Stock, SoftBank Is Set for Its Best Week in Three Years
Now Seen as an AI Stock, SoftBank Is Set for Its Best Week in Three Years
SoftBank Group Corp. is on track for the best weekly gain since March 2020 as analysts and investors
2023-06-02 11:17
K-pop Giant Hybe to Raise About $380 Million for US Deals
K-pop Giant Hybe to Raise About $380 Million for US Deals
Hybe Co., the South Korean music agency behind BTS and Ariana Grande, is seeking to raise around 500
2023-06-02 09:49
What to stream this weekend: Foo Fighters, 'The Idol,' LeBron James and 'American Gladiators' doc
What to stream this weekend: Foo Fighters, 'The Idol,' LeBron James and 'American Gladiators' doc
This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Foo Fighters and some lost songs by the late Kenny Rogers, a new gritty HBO series from “Euphoria” creator Sam Levinson called “The Idol” starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd
2023-06-02 07:58
Russia Accuses US Intelligence of Hacking Thousands of iPhones
Russia Accuses US Intelligence of Hacking Thousands of iPhones
Russia’s main security service accused a US intelligence agency of hacking several thousand iPhones, including devices belonging to
2023-06-02 06:29
Netflix shareholders withhold support for executive pay package
Netflix shareholders withhold support for executive pay package
By Dawn Chmielewski Netflix Inc shareholders on Thursday withheld their support for the company's executive pay package, in
2023-06-02 06:23
Broadcom CEO Predicts That Chipmaker’s Sales From AI Will Double
Broadcom CEO Predicts That Chipmaker’s Sales From AI Will Double
Broadcom Inc., one of the world’s biggest chipmakers, predicted that sales tied to artificial intelligence are on track
2023-06-02 05:55
Airbnb sues New York City over restrictions on short-term rentals
Airbnb sues New York City over restrictions on short-term rentals
Airbnb is suing New York City over rules that the company says would make it much more difficult for people to turn their property into short-term rentals
2023-06-02 05:50
LatAm property tech unicorn Tuhabi lands $50 million credit line from development bank
LatAm property tech unicorn Tuhabi lands $50 million credit line from development bank
By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY Latin American property technology startup Tuhabi is set to receive a $50 million
2023-06-02 05:25
Boeing signs alternative fuel deal with Los Angeles startup to cut carbon footprint
Boeing signs alternative fuel deal with Los Angeles startup to cut carbon footprint
A Los Angeles startup that is designing facilities to remove carbon dioxide from the ocean says it has struck a pre-purchase agreement with Boeing
2023-06-02 03:59
'Diablo IV' is almost here. What to know about the video game's coming release
'Diablo IV' is almost here. What to know about the video game's coming release
The release of “Diablo IV” is right around the corner
2023-06-02 02:19
Reddit sparks outrage after a popular app developer said it wants him to pay $20 million a year for data access
Reddit sparks outrage after a popular app developer said it wants him to pay $20 million a year for data access
Twitter has been widely criticized for trying to charge transit agencies, third-party app developers and academics for data access to its platform, a move opponents say has forced independent apps to shut down and threatened research on misinformation and hate speech.
2023-06-02 01:53
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