Amazon's Ring to pay 5.8 mln USD settlement over privacy violations: Reuters


LONDON, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a 5.8 million U.S. dollars settlement with Amazon.com over the violation of customers' privacy by the company's unit, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

A former employee of Amazon.com's Ring doorbell camera unit spied for months on female customers in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms, the British media said, citing the court filing from the FTC.

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