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FTC sends $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers as part of video privacy settlement
Read full article: FTC sends $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers as part of video privacy settlementThe Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access.
Your Florida Daily: State leaders remove sociology as core class amid DEI crackdown at universities
Read full article: Your Florida Daily: State leaders remove sociology as core class amid DEI crackdown at universitiesThis affects Florida's 12 public universities, including the University of Central Florida, Florida State University and the University of Florida.
Ring offers $1M for video of aliens! Here are strange videos seen on doorbell cams in Florida
Read full article: Ring offers $1M for video of aliens! Here are strange videos seen on doorbell cams in FloridaWhile the “Million Dollar Search for Extraterrestrials” might sound out-of-this-world, Ring security systems have still been able to capture weird situation.
Amazon to pay $31 million in privacy violation penalties for Alexa voice assistant and Ring camera
Read full article: Amazon to pay $31 million in privacy violation penalties for Alexa voice assistant and Ring cameraAmazon has agreed to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids’ voice and location data recorded by its Alexa voice assistant.
Clarification: Amazon-Ring-Police story
Read full article: Clarification: Amazon-Ring-Police storyIn a story published July 13, 2022, The Associated Press reported that the non-profit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation said the Los Angeles Police Department requested Ring footage of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.
Man caught on video stealing package, holiday decorations in New Smyrna Beach, police say
Read full article: Man caught on video stealing package, holiday decorations in New Smyrna Beach, police sayA Ring camera caught the suspect stealing the package and decorations from a home on Sunset Drive on Thursday around 1:50 p.m.
Amazon plans to share your internet with your neighbors. Here’s how you opt out
Read full article: Amazon plans to share your internet with your neighbors. Here’s how you opt outIf you have an Amazon device in your home, anything from an Alexa to an Echo, you have just seven days to opt out of an experiment that could put your privacy at risk.
Ring with more than 12,000 diamonds sets Guinness World Record
Read full article: Ring with more than 12,000 diamonds sets Guinness World RecordThere’s a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of diamonds on a single ring: it’s 12,638. It breaks the previous record by nearly 5,000 diamonds. Harshit Bansal, founder of Renani Jewels in Meerut, India, set the new record with this impressive design on Dec. 21. Guinness World Records says all the diamonds are conflict-free. Two years later, his company completed the ring design.
Ring recalls smart doorbells after dozens catch fire
Read full article: Ring recalls smart doorbells after dozens catch firePublished: November 11, 2020, 7:59 am Updated: November 11, 2020, 8:07 amORLANDO, Fla. – Ring is recalling 350,000 of its second generation smart doorbells after receiving reports of them catching fire. The company says it has received nearly two dozen reports of fires that resulted in eight people suffering minor injuries. Regulators say the battery can overheat if the incorrect screws were used during installation. The recalled doorbells have the model number 5UM5E5. The $100 doorbells were sold nationwide from June 2020 to October 2020.
Wild video: Car crashed thru South Florida fence, flies over pool
Read full article: Wild video: Car crashed thru South Florida fence, flies over poolWild video: Car crashed thru South Florida fence, flies over poolPublished: May 18, 2020, 9:35 amCarlos Lago and his family were stunned by a loud sound and all this damage in their yard Friday morning, but when surveillance video showed them how it happened, they were in shock.