# Amazon hands over user data without consent -- Android Central tags:: #source/article📄 link:: https://www.androidcentral.com/smart-home/amazon-admits-releasing-ring-video-footage-without-consent dates:: 2022-07-15 (Updated) ### Notes >[!summary] >Amazon released 11 clips to law enforcement this year without user consent and without a warrant. Ring said it made a "good-faith determination" to release the videos. This just highlights the latest reason why you should hold your data close. ^summarycallout ### Quotes tags:: #source/quote💬 "Amazon admitted in a letter that it released Ring video footage without content." \- [[Amazon hands over user data without consent -- Android Central|Android Central]] ^q1 "[Amazon] refus[es] to commit to end-to-end encryption as a default storage option on Ring devices" \- [[Amazon hands over user data without consent -- Android Central|Android Central]] ^q2