
Ring Video Doorbells Sold on Amazon.com
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the doorbell’s battery lasts between 6 and 12 months when the battery actually lasts less than 2 months
Foster et al v. Ring, LLC
21-cv-2175, C.D. Cal.
(March 2021)
Ring Security System
Misleadingly representing that the company safeguards users’ private information when it does not take adequate steps to stop hackers and actively shares users’ personal data without consent
Pending
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the doorbell’s battery lasts between 6 and 12 months when the battery actually lasts less than 2 months
Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose that consumers need to pay additional money to get certain key features
An argument for embedded advertising disclosures in sponsored social media posts.
Amazon prohibits sellers from offering customers “compensation of any kind” in exchange for writing reviews.
Zoe Christian Jones, CBS News
Tom Dreisbach, NPR
Meat alternative brand takes its carbon footprint reduction claims a step too far.