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FILE-A doorbell device with a built-in camera made by home security company Ring is seen at a home. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/span> <\/p>

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Amazon was sued earlier this week by a Virginia man over what he alleges were privacy violations following the company\u2019s Ring doorbell cameras at friends and relatives\u2019 homes gathered and stored images of his face utilizing facial recognition software.\u00a0<\/p>

Amazon purchased Ring in 2018 for $1 billion, according to Reuters.\u00a0<\/p>

Amazon’s Ring facial recognition lawsuit<\/h2>
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Charles Sigwalt, the plaintiff in the lawsuit, who is pushing for class-action status, sued Amazon in federal court in Seattle on Monday claiming a feature known as “familiar faces” preserves images of anyone who passes by without their consent.<\/p>

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Reuters reported that Sigwalt is seeking $5 million \u200bin damages. In the lawsuit Sigwalt stated that Amazon\u2019s “conduct here represents a profound privacy failure for millions \u200bof people who are now being tracked by Amazon.”\u00a0<\/p>

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Ring involved in past privacy allegations<\/h2>

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In February, Ring faced criticism over a service it promoted during the Super Bowl that the company claimed assisted individuals \u2060find lost dogs by activating its neighborhood collection of cameras. But Reuters noted that Ring users and supporters of privacy expressed concern that the cameras might be used as surveillance in communities.\u00a0<\/p>

RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0Ring camera lawsuit: customers to receive settlement funds<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

A few years earlier, the Federal Trade \u2060Commission agreed to a\u00a0$5.8 million settlement<\/u> with Ring over privacy allegations that the federal agency claimed involved an ex-employee spying on female customers in their \u200bhome bedrooms and bathrooms.<\/p>

FTC officials claimed that Ring employees had unrestricted access to consumers\u2019 private video data, allowing them and contractors to see and download it. Amazon denied any wrongdoing as part of the settlement.<\/p>

And in 2022, Democratic Senator Ed Markey accused Ring of violating individuals\u2019 privacy through its \u2060partnerships \u200bwith authorities, granting them access to some user \u200bfootage without consent.<\/p>

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