Amazon’s Ring Cancels Deal with Surveillance Company After Super Bowl ad Backlash

Amazon Ring ends Flock Safety deal as privacy concerns mount nationwide

Amazon's Ring says it has canceled its planned partnership with surveillance company Flock Safety, raising new questions about privacy and public safety as police increasingly turn to technology.

Amazon's Ring decides maybe partnering with a police surveillance firm is a bad idea after wide revulsion at Super Bowl ad

Amazon’s smart doorbell maker Ring has terminated a partnership with police surveillance tech company Flock Safety. The announcement follows a backlash that erupted after a 30-second Ring ad that aired during the Super Bowl featuring a lost dog that is found through a network of cameras, sparking fears of a dystopian surveillance society. But that feature, called Search Party, was not related to Flock. And Ring’s announcement doesn’t cite the ad…

After Ring privacy backlash, company abandons police partnership

Amazon’s plan to turn Ring doorbells into a neighborhood-wide surveillance system was roundly denounced as dystopian even when it was...

Amazon’s Ring cancels deal with surveillance company after Super Bowl ad backlash

Amazon’s smart doorbell maker Ring has terminated a partnership with police surveillance tech company Flock Safety.

After Ring privacy backlash, company abandons plans for police partnership

Amazon's plan to turn Ring doorbells into a neighborhood-wide surveillance system was roundly denounced as dystopian even when it was just searching for lost dogs. The company does at least seem to have learned from the privacy backlash, announcing that it has now abandoned plans for a partnership with police . . . more . . .

Amazon’s Ring Cuts Ties With Flock Safety Amid Consumer Surveillance Backlash

Amazon ends Ring’s planned Flock Safety integration after Super Bowl backlash, reigniting debate over surveillance technology and consumer privacy.