On February 18, 2020, a putative class of consumers who
purchased Ring's video-surveillance cameras filed a class-action
complaint against the company in federal court in
the Central District of California. The named plaintiff, a resident
of Seattle, alleges (among other things) that his right to privacy
was violated because Ring's "wholly inadequate security
measures" have put him at an increased risk of
"unauthorized third-party access" to his personal
information.
Many of the allegations mirror those made in lawsuits previously
filed against Ring in the same court in late December 2019 and
early January 2020. But unlike the prior lawsuits, the more recent
complaint pleads a cause of action under the new California
Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The complaint alleges that plaintiffs
were entitled to a CCPA notice informing them what information Ring
was collecting and how it would be used—a notice that Ring
allegedly failed to provide. For this alleged omission,
