When your Ring subscription ends, whether after a trial or a paid plan, you permanently lose access to all stored recordings associated with that plan.
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Recordings of security incidents or other important events become inaccessible the moment your subscription lapses, which could affect your ability to retrieve evidence or review past events.
Any video, audio, or image recordings stored under your Ring subscription plan become permanently inaccessible to you once the subscription period ends, including after cancellation, meaning you must download important footage before your plan lapses.
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The number of devices on which you may simultaneously watch depends on your chosen subscription plan and is specified on the "Account" page.
if your authorization from that user expires or is revoked, you will immediately stop accessing or acting under that user's account.
Customer shall promptly notify Perplexity if Customer becomes aware of any unauthorized access to, or use of, an Authorized User's account.
"If you do not enter into a paid Subscription Plan before the end of your trial period (if any), any video, image, audio, and/or other Content captured by your Products associated with your Subscription Plan ("Subscription Plan Recordings") will no longer be accessible to you. After your subscription period ends, your Subscription Plan Recordings will no longer be accessible to you.Excerpt from Ring's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The loss of access to stored recordings upon subscription termination may interact with GDPR and CCPA data subject rights, including the right of access to personal data.
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Recordings of security incidents or other important events become inaccessible the moment your subscription lapses, which could affect your ability to retrieve evidence or review past events.
Any video, audio, or image recordings stored under your Ring subscription plan become permanently inaccessible to you once the subscription period ends, including after cancellation, meaning you must download important footage before your plan lapses.
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