Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial recognition feature

Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit concerning its Ring subsidiary. The legal action was filed in Seattle. The lawsuit was initiated by Charles Sigwalt, a resident of Virginia, who is named as the plaintiff in the case.

The lawsuit focuses on allegations regarding a specific capability within the Ring security system. The feature in question is named Familiar Faces. This feature is designed to utilize facial recognition technology. The legal claim targets the storage practices associated with this specific feature.

According to the lawsuit, the Familiar Faces feature captures and stores images of individuals. These individuals are identified in the filing as passersby. The legal claim asserts that the feature retains these images. The central issue raised in the lawsuit is the lack of authorization for this data collection.

The lawsuit claims that this storage of images occurs without consent. Sigwalt alleges that Ring stores the images of passersby without obtaining permission from the individuals involved. The class action lawsuit argues that the Familiar Faces feature retains facial data without the consent of the subjects. The legal filing challenges the privacy implications of the feature's operation.