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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/26\/23279562\/arlo-apple-wyze-eufy-google-ring-security-camera-foortage-warrant<\/a>
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Arlo, Apple, Wyze, and Anker, owner of Eufy, all confirmed to CNET<\/em><\/a> that they won\u2019t give authorities access to your smart home camera\u2019s footage unless they\u2019re shown a warrant or court order. If you\u2019re wondering why they\u2019re specifying that, it\u2019s because we\u2019ve now learned Google and Amazon can do just the opposite: they\u2019ll allow police to get this data without<\/em> a warrant if police claim there\u2019s been an emergency. And while Google says that it hasn’t used this power, Amazon\u2019s admitted to doing it almost a dozen times this year.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month my colleague Sean Hollister wrote about<\/a> how Amazon, the company behind the smart doorbells and security systems, will indeed give police that warrantless access to customers\u2019 footage in those \u201cemergency\u201d situations. And as CNET<\/em> now points out, Google\u2019s privacy policy<\/a> has a similar carveout as Amazon\u2019s, meaning law enforcement can access data from its Nest products \u2014 or theoretically any other data you store with Google \u2014 without a warrant.<\/p>\n

Google and Amazon\u2019s information request policies for the US say that in most<\/em> cases, authorities will have to present a warrant, subpoena, or similar court order before they\u2019ll hand over data. This much is true for Apple<\/a>, Arlo<\/a>, Anker<\/a>, and Wyze<\/a> too \u2014 they\u2019d be breaking the law if they didn\u2019t. Unlike those companies, though, Google and Amazon will make exceptions if a law enforcement submits an emergency request for data.<\/p>\n

While their policies may be similar, it appears that the two companies comply with these kinds of requests at drastically different rates. Earlier this month, Amazon disclosed that it had already fulfilled 11 such requests this year<\/em>. In an email, Google spokesperson Kimberly Taylor told The Verge <\/em>that the company has never turned over Nest data during an ongoing emergency. Taylor says:<\/p>\n

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If there is an ongoing emergency where getting Nest data would be critical to addressing the problem, we are, per the TOS, allowed to send that data to authorities. To date, we have never done this<\/strong>, [emphasis theirs] but it\u2019s important that we reserve the right to do so.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here\u2019s what Google\u2019s information request policy has to say about \u201crequests for information in emergencies:\u201d<\/p>\n

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If we reasonably believe that we can prevent someone from dying or from suffering serious physical harm, we may provide information to a government agency \u2014 for example, in the case of bomb threats, school shootings, kidnappings, suicide prevention, and missing persons cases. We still consider these requests in light of applicable laws and our policies<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Taylor also says that Google takes emergency disclosure requests \u201cvery seriously, and have dedicated teams and strict policies in place that are designed to ensure that we provide information that can assist first responders in the event of an emergency while ensuring that we only disclose data that is reasonably necessary to avert an ongoing threat.\u201d<\/p>\n

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