Amazon's Ring has provided doorbell footage to police

Amazon's Ring has provided doorbell footage to police without owners' consent 11 times so far this year
By Brian Fung, CNN
Updated 3:23 PM EDT, Thu July 14, 2022

Washington(CNN Business)Amazon's smart-doorbell company, Ring, has provided surveillance footage to law enforcement without a warrant or the consent of doorbell-owners 11 times this year alone, according to a letter Amazon (AMZN (AMZN)) sent to Congress earlier this month.

The disclosure highlights the degree of Amazon's control over data generated by the doorbells' cameras and microphones, as well as its deepening relationships with thousands of police departments across the country