But its app collects data from users’ phones and shares that information with multiple third-party trackers, a report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation revealed this week. Google-owned Crashlytics also receives data from Ring, according to the report. AppsFlyer, a mobile marketing analytics company, collects information on user actions within the Ring app and on calibration settings and sensors installed on the device. Goldman said it’s unclear why Branch or Facebook would need information from Ring to help with analytics or targeting ads. Ring told lawmakers in early January that it fired workers in recent years for improperly accessing users’ video data.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 29, 2020 12:00 UTC