Ring states that users control who can access their videos, devices, and personal information, through settings available in the app.
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This provision establishes that Ring offers user-facing controls over video and data access, which is relevant to both privacy protection and the exercise of data subject rights under laws like GDPR and CCPA.
Interpretive note: The document asserts user control in general terms without specifying the granularity of controls, their limitations, or whether controls apply to all data categories Ring collects and processes.
You can use Ring's Control Center to manage which people and devices have access to your Ring account and video footage, giving you meaningful control over who sees your recordings. However, user controls do not affect Ring's or law enforcement's ability to access footage through separate operational or legal channels.
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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: User control mechanisms are relevant to GDPR's data subject rights framework, including the right of access, right to erasure, and right to restriction of processing.
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This provision establishes that Ring offers user-facing controls over video and data access, which is relevant to both privacy protection and the exercise of data subject rights under laws like GDPR and CCPA.
You can use Ring's Control Center to manage which people and devices have access to your Ring account and video footage, giving you meaningful control over who sees your recordings. However, user controls do not affect Ring's or law enforcement's ability to access footage through separate operational or legal channels.
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