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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Ring LLC
Penalty: $5,800,000
Year: 2023
Date: May 31, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: The Federal Trade Commission charged home security camera company Ring with compromising its customers' privacy by allowing any employee or contractor to access consumers' private videos and by failing to implement basic privacy and security protections, enabling hackers to take control of consumers' accounts, cameras, and videos.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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