Canary Flex Privacy Report

Privacy Rating
6.3
/10
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The versatility of the battery-powered Canary Flex makes it a good choice for indoor and outdoor security, but is it a good choice for your privacy? There are a lot of things to consider. For instance, Canary provides regular firmware updates for the camera and requires users to set up a strong password when creating an account. Those things help keep the Canary Flex from being hacked.

On the other hand, the camera lacks a privacy shutter. It’s always on and always looking for movement. That’s something to keep in mind if you use it as an indoor camera. Also note that Canary logs data when you sign up and use its services.

Encryption

In Transit Yes
At rest? Yes
All network communications and capabilities? Yes

Security Updates

Automatic, regular software/ firmware updates? Yes
Product available to use during updates? No

Passwords

Mandatory password? Yes
Two-Factor authentication? Yes
Multi-Factor authentication? Yes

Vulnerability Management

Point of contact for reporting vulnerabilities? security@canary.is
Bug bounty program? No

Privacy Policy

Link https://canary.is/legal/privacy-policy/
Specific to device? No
Readable? Yes
What data they log Name, email, address, phone number, location of each piece of equipment, number of people in your home, payment information, username and password, IP address, device activity logs, historic and current product configuration, mobile device ID, device type, operating system, mobile service carrier, location if you activate automatic mode switching, analytics data, cookies, video feeds, audio data, air quality, humidity, temperature, ambient light.
What data they don’t log N/A
Can you delete your data? Yes
Third-party sharing policies Shares information with third parties

Surveillance

Log camera device/ app footage Yes
Log microphone device/ app Yes
Location tracking device/ app Yes if enabled

Parental Controls

Are there parental controls? No

Company History

Any security breaches/ surveillance issues in past? No
Did they do anything to fix it? n/a

Additional Security Features

Anything like privacy shutters, privacy zones, etc.? No