Amazon-owned doorbell camera company Ring is facing questions from a US senator over its partnerships with police departments around the country. Markey sent a letter to Bezos raising privacy and civil liberty concerns about Ring cameras that are capturing and storing footage of US neighbourhoods. — AP
WASHINGTON: US Democratic Senator Edward Markey raised concerns on Sept 5 that law enforcement use of Amazon.com Inc's Ring doorbell camera in investigations could disproportionately affect people of colour and encourage racial profiling.
In a letter to Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos, Markey said sharing information from Ring's at-home camera systems with police departments "could easily create a surveillance network that places dangerous burdens on people of colour" and stoke "racial anxieties" in communities where it works with law enforcement.
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