When you share any video, audio, or image through Ring's platform, you give Ring permanent and irrevocable permission to use that content for any purpose, anywhere in the world, and to share that permission with third parties.
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This license is permanent and cannot be revoked once content is shared, meaning Ring retains broad rights over your security footage even if you later delete your account or cancel your subscription.
Any video or audio footage you share through Ring Neighbors, the Ring App, or via a share link becomes subject to a permanent, worldwide license that Ring can sublicense to others for any purpose, with no obligation to compensate you or notify you of how the content is used.
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we may closely review accounts that offer the following services, products, or content: Online trading, day trading tips, and stock market related content
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If Your Content is prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction where our Services are available, we may remove it even if it is not illegal in your location.
"If you do Share Content through Ring Offerings, including through Ring Neighbors, the Ring App, the Ring Community, or via a share link, you grant Ring an unlimited, nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, store, delete, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, perform, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such Content throughout the world for any purpose in any media.Excerpt from Ring's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR and UK GDPR for EU and UK users, where the legal basis for processing personal data in content must be clearly established and broad perpetual licenses may conflict …
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This license is permanent and cannot be revoked once content is shared, meaning Ring retains broad rights over your security footage even if you later delete your account or cancel your subscription.
Any video or audio footage you share through Ring Neighbors, the Ring App, or via a share link becomes subject to a permanent, worldwide license that Ring can sublicense to others for any purpose, with no obligation to compensate you or notify you of how the content is used.
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