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Privacy is restored to Ring cameras and video doorbells as Amazon decides to stop letting police access your cameras for any reason.

Amazon is sunsetting the Request for Assistance tool in the Neighbors app, which allowed police to request Ring recordings.

Today, Amazon Ring has announced that it will no longer facilitate police’s warrantless requests for footage from Ring users. Years ago, after public outcry…

Warrantless access may still be granted during vaguely defined "emergencies."

Amazon Ring will now require US law enforcement to obtain a warrant to access doorbell footage from individual users. The company announced in a blog post…

Previously, police were able to request the footage from the company’s Neighbors app.

Surveillance doorbell maker Amazon Ring on Wednesday announced it is discontinuing an option that allowed law enforcement agencies to request video footage…

Amazon's Ring amps its privacy measures by declining police requests for doorbell footage. Amazon's Ring will now require warrants for police requests for doorbell video footage, allowing warrantless requests only for emergencies, as previously, police enforcement could seek users' footage in their areas by posting it publicly on the Neighbors app, as reported by CNBC.

In an about-face, the company disables feature allowing law enforcement to request footage directly from users

In an about-face, the company disables feature allowing law enforcement to request footage directly from users