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Ring Fired Employees for Watching Customer Videos

Posted on January 9, 2020June 24, 2025 by Dissent

Joseph Cox reports:

Amazon-owned home security camera company Ring has fired employees for improperly accessing Ring users’ video data, according to a letter the company wrote to Senators and obtained by Motherboard.

The news highlights a risk across many different tech companies: employees may abuse access granted as part of their jobs to look at customer data or information.

Read more on Vice.

h/t, Joe Cadillic

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