Charles Sigwalt
Coverage of Charles Sigwalt in the Nexus archive.
- Ring gets buzzed by class action for collecting visitors' faces without consent
A Virginia man is suing Amazon and its subsidiary Ring over the Familiar Faces feature, alleging it collects facial-recognition data without consent. The lawsuit claims the AI-powered feature captures biometric data from individuals, including passersby, and stores it on Amazon's servers, violating state privacy laws.
- Amazon-owned Ring should pay Americans for scanning their faces, lawsuit says
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Amazon over its Ring cameras' Familiar Faces feature, alleging millions of Americans had their facial recognition data collected without compensation. The lawsuit, led by plaintiff Charles Sigwalt, seeks damages exceeding $5 million for the unauthorized use of biometric information.
- Amazon Ring sued over facial recognition
A Virginia man sued Amazon over allegations that Ring doorbell cameras' facial recognition software collected and stored his face images without consent. The lawsuit, filed in Seattle federal court, claims Ring's 'Familiar Faces' feature violates privacy rights by retaining images.
- Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial-recognition feature
Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit over Ring's Familiar Faces feature, which allegedly stores images of passersby without consent. The lawsuit was filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt.