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The absence of a Protect Plan means no video is retained by Ring, limiting the user's ability to review past footage while preserving real-time viewing capability.
Without a Ring Protect Plan, Ring will not record or store any of your videos; your only video access is the real-time live stream.
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telemetry information collected includes: (i) microservice settings, (ii) usage data and (iii) hardware environment.
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The absence of a Protect Plan means no video is retained by Ring, limiting the user's ability to review past footage while preserving real-time viewing capability.
Without a Ring Protect Plan, Ring will not record or store any of your videos; your only video access is the real-time live stream.
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