Your privacy
is our priority.
Video Security
Keeping your videos safe
Default video encryption
This helps protect your videos from unauthorised people viewing them.
Optional Video End-to-End Encryption
You’re in control of who you grant video access to.
Secure video storage
With a Ring Home Plan, your videos are securely stored in the cloud and can be deleted at any time. Your videos will be permanently deleted from our servers according to the storage period on your plan. Learn more
Account Security
Keeping your account secure
Two-Step Verification
This mandatory second layer of verification helps prevent unauthorized access to your Ring account. Learn more.
Shared users
You can remove any shared user at any time. Learn more.
Extra layers of protection
You will receive an email notification any time a new device logs into your Ring account. Learn more.
Active account protection
We take steps to monitor and block any identified potentially unauthorized login attempts into your Ring account.
Control Center
You’re in control
Control from one place
Control Center allows you to view and control important privacy and security settings from one dashboard in the Ring App. Learn more.
Verify your devices
See all devices (phones, tablets, computers) that are logged into your Ring account. Click “Remove all” to force devices to logout.
Manage linked accounts
View and manage the services you authorized to link to your Ring account via Ring authentication, like Alexa, and IFTTT. You can remove any individual service, at any time.
Ring Privacy Faq
When does Ring record or store my videos?
If you do not have a Ring Home Plan, Ring does not record or store your videos, but you can still view your device's live video stream (Live View).
If you do have a Ring Home Plan (including a free trial), Ring records and stores videos when motion is detected by your device (including motion detected via Linked Devices), the Video Doorbell button is pressed, or you initiate Live View. Stored recordings are automatically deleted following the expiration of your Ring Home Plan’s applicable storage period. For additional information regarding Ring’s video storage periods, see here.
What about videos I’ve created a share link for?
When you create a share link for one of your Ring videos, a copy of that video is made in the cloud to facilitate sharing. You can manage your shared videos in the Shared Video Management feature in Control Centre within the Ring app and Ring.com. There, you can unshare videos, which deletes the shared copies and makes the videos inaccessible to people with whom you previously shared those links. The original videos in your Ring account, however, are not deleted until you delete them in the Ring app or Ring.com, or they reach the expiration of your Ring Home Plan’s applicable storage period.
How can I access and view my recordings?
If you have a Ring Home Plan (including a free trial), you can access your stored recordings, download them, manually delete them one by one or delete them all at once in the Ring app or on Ring.com. Stored recordings are automatically deleted following the expiration of your Ring Home Plan’s applicable storage period. For additional information regarding Ring’s video storage periods, see here.
How secure are my video recordings?
You're in control of who you grant video access to. You can add Shared Users to your account, who will then be able to view and download video recordings on the account. You can also share video recordings via text or email by creating a share link to the recording. After a share link has been created, the video recording may be viewed and downloaded by anyone with the share link ID. Additionally, you can make your videos publicly available by posting them on the Internet (including by posting them to the public social media app Neighbours* by Ring).
How do I share my videos?
You're in control of who you grant video access to. You can add Shared Users to your account, who will then be able to view and download video recordings on the account. You can also share video recordings via text or email by creating a share link to the recording. After a share link has been created, the video recording may be viewed and downloaded by anyone with the share link ID. Additionally, you can make your videos publicly available by posting them on the Internet (including by posting them to the public social media app Neighbours* by Ring).
Why should I add Shared Users?
Shared Users allow you to share device access with family, roommates, and others without sharing your login credentials. Shared Users can answer and receive alerts, view video recordings, and modify their personal alert settings, but they cannot delete videos, delete devices, or change device settings.
For help adding someone as a Shared User, please click
here.
If I request Ring’s assistance with troubleshooting my device or video recordings, will Ring view my video recordings?
If you are having issues with your device or video recordings, you can request assistance from Ring customer support. Associates do not have access to your videos and can only view the video recordings that you share with them.
Does Ring view recordings for research and development?
A small number of video recordings are viewed by our research and development team to improve Ring’s products, services and technology. These video recordings are either from customers who have made them publicly available (by posting them on the Neighbours* App or otherwise on the Internet), or from customers, team members and their friends and family who have given us explicit permission to use them for this purpose (which they may revoke at any time).
Does Ring share video recordings with law enforcement agencies?
No, Ring does not provide law enforcement agencies with direct access, or any sort of “back door access”, to a user’s personal information, including videos. Before sharing user information (including videos) in response to legal requests, Ring requires that law enforcement agencies send a written request for personal information (e.g., subpoenas, search warrants or court orders) to Ring directly. For additional information, see our law enforcement guidelines.
If I use the Neighbours App*, does that give Ring team members the right to view all of my video recordings?
No. Ring team members, similar to other members of the general public, can only view the video recordings that you have elected to make publicly available by posting them on the Neighbours* App (or otherwise on the Internet)
Can Ring team members activate and view my live stream?
No. Ring team members cannot activate and view live streams from your Ring device.
Does Ring sell personal information to third parties?
No.
What is Ring’s stance on facial recognition technology?
Ring does not use facial recognition technology in any of its devices or services, and will neither sell nor offer facial recognition technology to law enforcement.
Privacy Notice
Take a more detailed look at our privacy notice by clicking here
Access to or Deletion of Personal Information
You may have the right under applicable law to request information about the collection of your personal information by Ring, or access to or deletion of your personal information. If you wish to do so, please visit here or contact Customer Service. Depending on your choices, certain services may be limited or unavailable.
Unsubscribing
If you'd like to opt-out of marketing and other non-transactional communications from Ring, email unsubscribe@ring.com or click the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of an email you've received from Ring. You will not be able to opt out of important or transactional communications from us, for example, billing confirmations and reminders, device updates, security-related communications, and service announcements. See our Privacy Notice for more information.
Cookie Policy
View our cookie policy by clicking here.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at privacy@ring.com
*The Neighbours App is currently available in the US only.