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Doctor is set for £100,000 pay-out after judge's landmark ruling that her neighbour's Ring doorbell cameras breached her privacy
A woman who claimed the cameras on a neighbour's smart doorbells breached her privacy has won a landmark legal battle. Jon Woodard, 45, (inset right) may have to pay Dr Mary Fairhurst (inset left) more than £100,000 in damages after a judge found his use of the cameras broke data laws and amounted to harassment. The ruling is understood to be the first of its kind in the UK and could set precedent for more than 100,000 owners of the Ring smart doorbell nationally. The internet-connected devices notify the absent home owner via a smartphone when a visitor arrives at the door. The owner can then use an app to watch and talk to the visitor by using the doorbell's built-in camera and microphone. Audio-visual technician Mr Woodard said he fitted four devices, including two 'dummies,' around his property to protect his vehicles from masked thieves who tried to steal his car in 2019.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10085561/A-victory-privacy-Woman-100k-damages-neighbours-doorbell-cameras.html
A woman who claimed the cameras on a neighbour's smart doorbells breached her privacy has won a landmark legal battle. Jon Woodard, 45, (inset right) may have to pay Dr Mary Fairhurst (inset left) more than £100,000 in damages after a judge found his use of the cameras broke data laws and amounted to harassment. The ruling is understood to be the first of its kind in the UK and could set precedent for more than 100,000 owners of the Ring smart doorbell nationally. The internet-connected devices notify the absent home owner via a smartphone when a visitor arrives at the door. The owner can then use an app to watch and talk to the visitor by using the doorbell's built-in camera and microphone. Audio-visual technician Mr Woodard said he fitted four devices, including two 'dummies,' around his property to protect his vehicles from masked thieves who tried to steal his car in 2019.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10085561/A-victory-privacy-Woman-100k-damages-neighbours-doorbell-cameras.html
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What on earth can she be doing in her driveway that demands privacy?
Dr Mary Fairhurst claimed cameras on Jon Woodard's doorbell broke data laws and amounted to harassment
She told court that Amazon-owned Ring cameras placed her under 'continuous visual surveillance'
Judge Melissa Clarke found Mr Woodard breached provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018
The landmark ruling could pave the way for thousands of lawsuits over use of the Ring doorbell device
The internet-connected devices notify the absent home owner via a smartphone when a visitor arrives at the door. The owner can then use an app to watch and talk to the visitor by using the doorbell's built-in camera and microphone
Mr Woodard also raised concerns for other ring doorbell owners after the ruling
Dr Mary Fairhurst (left) who claimed the cameras on a neighbour's smart doorbells breached her privacy won a landmark legal battle yesterday. Jon Woodard, 45, (right, with his partner Nicola Copelin) may have to pay Dr Fairhurst more than £100,000 in damages after a judge found his use of the cameras broke data laws and amounted to harassment
A female doctor is set to be paid more than £100,000 after a judge ruled that her neighbour's Ring smart doorbell cameras breached her privacy in a landmark legal battle yesterday
Dr Fairhurst is now entitled to compensation and orders preventing the Mr Woodard from continuing to breach her rights with his security devices
In response to the ruling, Amazon-owned Ring advised device owners to ensure people know they are filmed by putting Ring stickers on their door or windows
Audio-visual technician Mr Woodard insisted that he fitted four devices, including two 'dummies,' around his property to protect his vehicles from masked thieves who tried to steal his car in 2019
Jon Woodard (left, with his partner Nicola Copelin), 45, from Thame, Oxfordshire, said the court ruling in favour of Dr Mary Fairhurst (right) is 'going to ruin my life' and admitted he 'can't even afford £5,000'. The audio-visual technician said he had been left 'extremely disappointed and shocked' by the verdict and is 'petrified' he will be left bankrupt. The judge found Mr Woodard's use of his cameras broke data laws and his behaviour during his dispute with Dr Fairhurst amounted to harassment. She claimed she was forced to move out of her home in Thame because the internet-connected gadgets were 'intrusive'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10090871/Plumber-45-fears-lose-home-judge-ruled-Ring-camera-breached-neighbours-privacy.html
This is expected to result in thousands of similar cases.
The Law is an ****.