Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial-recognition feature
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- Amazon's Ring doorbell cameras are facing a class action lawsuit for privacy violations related to its 'Familiar Faces' feature.
- The 'Familiar Faces' feature uses AI facial recognition to identify regular visitors, but critics argue it collects data without consent from passersby.
- Privacy advocates and Senator Ed Markey raised concerns about the feature, which stores images of unidentified faces for 30 days before removal.
- Amazon states that face data is encrypted and never shared, but the lawsuit claims millions of Americans had facial recognition information collected unknowingly.
- Ring has a history of privacy issues, including a $5.8 million FTC settlement over improper employee access to customer videos and partnerships with law enforcement.
- The company recently faced backlash for AI-powered features like 'Search Party' and canceled a partnership with Flock Safety due to workload concerns.