Police-Partnerships

Ring partners with Flock Safety and Axon, reversing privacy commitments and expanding police surveillance

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Amazon’s Ring announced partnerships with both Flock Safety and Axon, marking a dramatic reversal of its January 2024 commitment to limit police access to user footage. The partnerships enable law enforcement agencies to request Ring doorbell camera footage through third-party platforms …

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Ring announces partnerships with 400+ police departments, building massive surveillance network

| Importance: 8/10

Ring announced it had established partnerships with more than 400 police departments across the United States, marking the first time the company publicly disclosed the scale of its law enforcement surveillance network. The announcement revealed that since Amazon’s 2018 acquisition, Ring had …

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