Ring Stick Up Cam Battery Privacy Report

Privacy Rating
6
/10
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Before you stick that Ring Stick Up Cam in your home, read the privacy policy. Ring logs not only your video and audio recordings, but your social media handles and IP address, too. That’s concerning given the history of Ring employees improperly accessing customer footage.1 It’s not all bad, Ring did earn some points for its optional end-to-end encryption. And the company seems to be improving its privacy standards in other areas.

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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? Contact via HackerOne
Bug bounty program? Yes

Privacy Policy

Link https://ring.com/privacy-notice
Specific to device? No
Readable? Yes
What data they log Contact information like name, phone number, email and postal address, account information, payment information, geolocation of mobile device, Wi-Fi network information, social media handles, cookies, IP address, types of devices connected to services, web browser, language preferences, dates and times of website or app visits, video, audio, and environmental data.
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

Parental Controls

Are there parental controls? No

Company History

Any security breaches/ surveillance issues in past? Yes
Did they do anything to fix it? Yes

Additional Security Features

Anything like privacy shutters, privacy zones, etc.? Can set up privacy zones
Citations
  1. Federal Trade Commission. (2023). FTC Says Ring Employees Illegally Surveilled Customers, Failed to Stop Hackers from Taking Control of Users' Cameras.
    ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/05/ftc-says-ring-employees-illegally-surveilled-customers-failed-stop-hackers-taking-control-users