Citing Privacy Risks, Advocates Ask Officials to End Police-Amazon Ring Partnerships 

Local, state and federal officials should end Amazon partnerships that allow police to use the company’s Ring doorbell products, more than 30 advocates wrote Tuesday. Fight for the Future, Color of Change and Project on Government Oversight signed. Amazon Ring data shows at least 500 partnerships between the company and cities, which the groups wrote threaten privacy, civil liberties and democracy because of lack of oversight. Police can use face scanning technology to profile individuals and invade the privacy of their homes, the groups wrote. Claims that the partnerships pose privacy and civil liberties risks are “inaccurate,” emailed an Amazon spokesperson. “Ring’s mission is to help make neighborhoods safer,” the spokesperson said, citing design that keeps users in control of their privacy.