Amazon smart doorbell subsidiary Ring will pay a $5.8 million fine to the Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations involving compromised customer data given to third parties, settling a lawsuit from the federal agency.

<div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/64779b6c490d19e7b07b69d7/Amazon-Ring-Doorbell-Cameras/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=5148&amp;cropY1=363&amp;cropY2=3261" alt="Amazon-Ring-Doorbell Cameras" width="100%" height="auto"></div><figcaption><fbs-accordion class="expandable" current="-1"><p class="color-body light-text">Ring, a unit of Amazon, was hit with a $5.8 million fine over privacy violations (AP Photo/Jessica <span class="plus" data-ga-track="caption expand">... [+]</span><span class="expanded-caption"> Hill).</span></p></fbs-accordion><small>Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved</small></figcaption>

 <div class="key-facts-element"> <p>The <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.255940/gov.uscourts.dcd.255940.1.0.pdf" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.255940/gov.uscourts.dcd.255940.1.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.255940/gov.uscourts.dcd.255940.1.0.pdf" aria-label="lawsuit">lawsuit</a> alleged that Ring did not notify or obtain customers’ permission before allowing “thousands of employees and contractors” to watch recordings of customers’ private spaces.</p>  </div>


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Amazon has owned the smart doorbell company since 2018. 

Amazon Hit With $5.8 Million Fine Over Claims Ring Doorbell Spied On Customers

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