Amazon's Ring will pay the FTC $5.8 million to settle a lawsuit claiming privacy violations, according to Wednesday court filings.
The FTC alleged Ring employees and third-party contractors had unrestricted access to customers' video recordings.
Amazon-owned smart doorbell company Ring agreed to settle a lawsuit filed against the company by the Federal Trade Commission regarding privacy and data security concerns.
"Ring promptly addressed these issues on its own years ago, well before the FTC began its inquiry," a Ring spokesperson told Insider.
"Only after the supervisor noticed that the male employee was only viewing videos of 'pretty girls' did the supervisor escalate the report of misconduct," the FTC alleged in its complaint, obtained by CNN.
Persons:
Brian Huseman
Organizations:
FTC, Federal Trade Commission, Amazon, CNN, CNBC
Locations:
Ukraine