Ring operates a Neighbors app and Public Safety Service through which users can share video footage with their local community and with law enforcement partners who participate in the program.
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Video footage you choose to share through the Neighbors app becomes accessible to a wider community audience and may be reviewed by law enforcement agencies that participate in Ring's Public Safety Service.
Interpretive note: The document references the Neighbors app and user control over video sharing but does not reproduce the specific Neighbors Public Safety Service terms; the provision is inferred from Ring's known operational practices and general references to sharing controls.
If you participate in the Neighbors app or share footage publicly, your video recordings of public-facing areas of your property may be viewed by other Neighbors users and by law enforcement agencies that have agreements with Ring. The sharing is user-initiated but the downstream audience extends beyond your direct control.
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"Ring provides customers control over who's able to see and access their videos, devices and personal information.Excerpt from Ring's Privacy Notice
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The Neighbors Public Safety Service engages FTC Act provisions on unfair or deceptive practices, particularly regarding the transparency of how shared footage flows to law enforcement.
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Video footage you choose to share through the Neighbors app becomes accessible to a wider community audience and may be reviewed by law enforcement agencies that participate in Ring's Public Safety Service.
If you participate in the Neighbors app or share footage publicly, your video recordings of public-facing areas of your property may be viewed by other Neighbors users and by law enforcement agencies that have agreements with Ring. The sharing is user-initiated but the downstream audience extends beyond your direct control.
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