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The 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.

Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage from users.

Amazon 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.

Neighbors used a messaging app to assist the Michigan State Police, who were pursuing a man in a suspected drug case outside their doors.

In 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.

In the midst of the chaos of a Chicago-area parade massacre, a woman walked up to Greg Ring and handed him a 2-year-old boy, covered in blood.

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DETROIT – A Detroit woman said she took matters into her own hands after someone was stealing her packages. After getting a Ring doorbell camera, she finally caught a woman stealing her latest package off her door step. I see her walking away with my package,” Harris said. “Starting from Nov. 3 was probably the first package that was stolen, and since then up until the day before yesterday, a total of six. So now this young man probably has to wait until after Christmas for me to actually get what he wanted.”Detroit police are reviewing the video.

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Amazon-subsidiary Ring is recalling hundreds of thousands of video doorbells after receiving reports of them catching fire. The potential fire hazard impacts around 350,000 2nd generation Ring doorbells sold in the United States and roughly 8,700 more sold in Canada, according to a notice posted by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Tuesday. The $100 doorbells were sold on Ring’s website and on Amazon between June 2020 and October 2020, according to the CPSC. “The video doorbell’s battery can overheat when the incorrect screws are used for installation, posing fire and burn hazards,” the notice said. According to the notice, Ring has thus far received 23 reports of doorbells catching fire and causing property damage, as well as eight reports of minor burns.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Police responded to a larceny complaint captured on a homeowner’s Ring doorbell video, Bloomfield Township police said. The larceny happened in the 500 block of Pineway Circle on Aug. 18. Police said a tall man wearing a 3 teal winter mask, gray sweatshirt and dark pants stole a package from the homeowner’s porch at 4:43 a.m. The suspect tried to open the front door, but it was locked. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bloomfield Township Police at 248-433-7755.

INKSTER, Mich. – A Ring camera caught people checking for unlocked cars in Inkster early Tuesday. The people walked down a block in the area of west Inkster Road and Avondale Street at about 1 a.m., checking car doors to see if they were locked. Police reminded residents to lock their vehicles and make a report if someone has broken into their car. If you have information about the people checking cars Tuesday, you are asked to contact police at 313-400-5387.

ALLEN PARK, Mich. – A Ring camera caught a man swiping a package from the porch of an Allen Park home Wednesday. Video shows the man pulling into the driveway of the house on Reeck Road, near Moore Avenue, in a gold car at 1:20 p.m.Watch the video below. He walks up to the house, takes the package and drives away. The man was wearing a red hoodie and black pants. Anyone with information about the man’s identity is asked to contact police at 313-386-7800.

DETROIT Surveillance video shows two men stealing tires from a Jeep parked at a Detroit home early Thursday. One of the men has a light brown complexion and a goatee. He was wearing a dark-colored Detroit hoodie that had white stripes down the sleeves. The other man was wearing a dark-colored hoodie. Anyone with information about the theft is asked to contact the Detroit Police Departments 8th Precinct Detective Unit at 313-596-58740 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.

When coastal erosion was threatening an old lighthouse in Denmark, authorities had a brilliant idea: move it some 80 meters (263 feet) away from the North Sea. (CNN) - When coastal erosion was threatening an old lighthouse in Denmark, authorities had a brilliant idea: move it some 80 meters (263 feet) away from the North Sea. When it was built in 1899, the lighthouse stood about 200 meters from the coast, Ring said. With the coast in front of the lighthouse eroding by around two meters every year, the municipality had estimated it could only remain where it was for another one or two years. But if you're not currently in Denmark, you can still watch the livestream of the relocation here.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(CNN) - A neighbor's doorbell camera caught a man assaulting and dragging his ex-girlfriend, who was later found being held against her will in a Southern California home, police said. The video is stamped with the logo of Ring, the Amazon-owned company that works with more than 400 police departments nationwide, including Arcadia's. While Ring says its police partnerships make people safer, privacy advocates warn they could create a 24/7 surveillance environment. "I thought she was going to die," Arcadia neighbor Tammy Raycraft told KCAL, adding that she saw the man stomping on the woman. "Investigation also revealed that the female victim had been held against her will inside the residence since late (Sunday) evening."

Jason SawyerMan watches on Ring as home destroyed - Jason Sawyer and his wife were watching a live camera feed of Hurricane Dorian lashing North Carolina's Emerald Isle, where they have a home, when the connection went offline. So the man decided to check his Ring doorbell camera. "The doorbell camera too was offline and then we received reports of a tornado in the area," Sawyer told CNN. Ring footage shows rising, howling wind from the tornado, one of the 24 spawned from Hurricane Dorian in parts of the Carolinas, lifting their home before the connection cuts out. The couple, who were home in Raeford during the passage of Hurricane Dorian, immediately knew their Emerald Isle property was destroyed.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(CNN) - The video doorbell company Ring is working with more than 400 US police departments to streamline their access to user videos, the company announced on Wednesday. "When communities and law enforcement work together, safer neighborhoods can become a reality," Ring says in an FAQ about its program. If police use the portal to request video footage from Ring users in a certain area, Ring will email the selected users, the company says. Ring users can choose to share all videos, review the videos, decline the request or unsubscribe from such emails. Ring emphasized that the Neighbors Portal used by police is designed to protect user privacy.