but what they never said is that if a customer turns down a police request, Amazon instructs the cops to make an “official request” to the company and then they grant warrantless access to the footage.
Following the links to find the source of this claim, you reach an article with an update that reads, After this article was published, a spokesperson for Ring clarified that video evidence is only turned over to the authorities after being served with a “valid and binding legal demand.”
A couple months ago, a postal inspector – federal law enforcement if we are going all FUDdy duddy – came to my door investigating a missing or stolen package. He said it had been delivered to my house by mistake. He was skeptical when I denied it, and finally I pulled up the Ring footage from that date and time. There was the video of the mail carrier walking up to my door, with no package.
I got my Ring before Amazon bought the company, before my local PD partnered with them. I’ve been in community meetings where they’ve encouraged people to use the creepy Ring Neighbors app. They’ve never pushed people to buy the doorbell. And they’ve always been clear that they have a relationship. It’s not a secret. Those 400 cities, not all of them have a Secret Relationship with Amazon.
