{
 "title": "Home Privacy Report brand policies",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "attribution": "Home Privacy Report (https://homeprivacyreport.com)",
 "generated": "2026-10-22",
 "methodology": "https://homeprivacyreport.com/methodology/",
 "brands": [
  {
   "key": "reolink",
   "name": "Reolink",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "legal_process",
    "label": "Legal process",
    "text": "No separate law-enforcement guidelines found; privacy policy says it shares personal information when required by law or \"mandatorily required by government authorities\".",
    "sources": [
     "https://reolink.com/us/privacy-policy/"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "yes",
    "label": "Says no sale",
    "text": "Reolink's California privacy notice says \"we do not sell personal information to third parties\"; its main privacy policy says \"In general, we will not share your personal information with third parties\" without consent or a legal requirement.",
    "sources": [
     "https://reolink.com/us/ccpa-disclosures/",
     "https://reolink.com/us/privacy-policy/"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "ubiquiti",
   "name": "Ubiquiti UniFi",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "no_access",
    "label": "No access to video",
    "text": "Ubiquiti says video is stored on your own console and that it \"cannot view, store, or access\" your video streams. Its privacy policy still allows disclosing user information to public authorities under legal process; we found no law-enforcement guidelines.",
    "sources": [
     "https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/31234972188951-How-UniFi-Protect-Protects-Your-Data",
     "https://www.ui.com/legal/privacypolicy/"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "nostatement",
    "label": "No statement",
    "text": "No explicit no-sale statement found; its privacy policy says it may use network advertisers to show ads based on your use of its services, and its sites use targeting cookies.",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.ui.com/legal/privacypolicy/"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "amcrest",
   "name": "Amcrest",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "discretionary",
    "label": "Discretionary",
    "text": "Amcrest's app privacy page (covering Amcrest Connect, View, Sight, Link and other Amcrest apps): Amcrest \"may provide certain portions of your personal information to lawful organizations and government authorities if so requested.\" No warrant requirement stated. Neither Amcrest policy we found names the Amcrest Smart Home app that the AD410 uses.",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.amcrest.com/pages/privacy"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "yes",
    "label": "Says no sale",
    "text": "Amcrest's app privacy page: \"Amcrest will not sell your personal information at any time under any circumstance.\" The page covers the apps it lists and does not name the Amcrest Smart Home app.",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.amcrest.com/pages/privacy"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "aqara",
   "name": "Aqara",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "discretionary",
    "label": "Discretionary",
    "text": "US privacy policy: discloses to law enforcement \"if required or permitted to do so by law or legal process\", and may disclose to prevent physical harm. No warrant requirement or user notice stated.",
    "sources": [
     "https://us.aqara.com/pages/privacy-policy"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "partial",
    "label": "Qualified",
    "text": "App policy: \"We do not sell any personal information to third parties\"; the US website policy shares data with advertising providers for personalized ads (opt-out offered).",
    "sources": [
     "https://cdn.aqara.com/cdn/app/mainland/static/docs/App-Privacy-Policy-non_EU-en.html",
     "https://us.aqara.com/pages/privacy-policy"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "eufy",
   "name": "eufy (Anker)",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "legal_process",
    "label": "Legal process",
    "text": "Anker (eufy's owner) confirmed to CNET in 2022, as reported by The Verge, that it would not give authorities footage unless shown a warrant or court order. A eufy spokesperson told Consumer Reports that for optional cloud footage it shares with user consent, under a legally binding order, or in \"an emergency involving imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to a person\". Its privacy policy says it may disclose data to respond to \"lawful requests and legal process\". Most eufy footage is stored locally.",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/26/23279562/arlo-apple-wyze-eufy-google-ring-security-camera-foortage-warrant",
     "https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/home-security-cameras/ring-google-simplisafe-could-share-footage-with-police-a1047736080/",
     "https://www.eufy.com/pages/privacy-policy"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "no",
    "label": "Ad sharing disclosed",
    "text": "eufy's privacy policy (updated Jan 30, 2026) says that disclosing identifiers, customer records, commercial information, internet/network information and inferences to ad networks and advertising partners \"may qualify as the sale of Personal Data\". It says eufy does not sell Sensitive Personal Data.",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.eufy.com/pages/privacy-policy"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "wyze",
   "name": "Wyze",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "legal_process",
    "label": "Legal process",
    "text": "Wyze says government data requests must come with a subpoena, search warrant, court order or judgment (a subpoena is not a warrant). Its privacy policy also allows disclosure for \"lawful requests by public authorities\". Consumer Reports says Wyze did not explicitly rule out emergency disclosures but it found no policy to the contrary.",
    "sources": [
     "https://support.wyze.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048805911-Your-Wyze-Data-Request-Contents-Explained",
     "https://www.wyze.com/policies/privacy-policy",
     "https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/home-security-cameras/ring-google-simplisafe-could-share-footage-with-police-a1047736080/"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "no",
    "label": "Ad sharing disclosed",
    "text": "Wyze's privacy policy (effective May 19, 2026) says Wyze \"sells\" personal information and shares identifiers and network-activity information with advertising networks, analytics providers and social networks for advertising. It says Wyze does not sell or share facial data.",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.wyze.com/policies/privacy-policy"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "arlo",
   "name": "Arlo",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "warrant",
    "label": "Warrant",
    "text": "Requires a search warrant before producing video.",
    "sources": [
     "https://us.arlo.com/pages/law-enforcement-guidelines"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "no",
    "label": "Ad sharing disclosed",
    "text": "Discloses that it may share account, device, usage, location and billing information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising, and that its behavioral advertising activities may be considered a \"sale\" in some circumstances.",
    "sources": [
     "https://us.arlo.com/pages/privacy-notice"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "google",
   "name": "Google Nest",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "legal_process",
    "label": "Legal process",
    "text": "Requires legal process but has an emergency exception to share without a warrant; said in 2022 it had never used it for Nest. Google's request policy: \"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.\"",
    "sources": [
     "https://policies.google.com/terms/information-requests?hl=en-US",
     "https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/26/23279562/arlo-apple-wyze-eufy-google-ring-security-camera-foortage-warrant",
     "https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/home-security-cameras/ring-google-simplisafe-could-share-footage-with-police-a1047736080/"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "yes",
    "label": "Says no sale",
    "text": "\"Google does not sell your personal information\" and does not \"share\" it as defined in the CCPA.",
    "sources": [
     "https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "ring",
   "name": "Ring (Amazon)",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "warrant_emergency",
    "label": "Warrant + emergency",
    "text": "Ring says it may produce content in response to valid and binding search warrants and does not produce content for subpoenas; it reserves the right to answer urgent emergency requests (Amazon told Sen. Markey it made 11 disclosures without owner consent in 2022 through July).",
    "sources": [
     "https://ring.com/support/articles/oi8t6/Learn-About-Ring-Law-Enforcement-Guidelines",
     "https://apnews.com/article/technology-edward-markey-congress-government-and-politics-244f59188ee3414495452c955c11b89b",
     "https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markeys-probe-into-amazon-ring-reveals-new-privacy-problems"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "partial",
    "label": "Qualified",
    "text": "\"We do not sell or otherwise share personal information about you except as described in this Privacy Notice\"; Ring also says it participates in advertising networks for its own ads on other websites and apps.",
    "sources": [
     "https://ring.com/privacy-notice"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "blink",
   "name": "Blink (Amazon)",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "warrant_emergency",
    "label": "Warrant + emergency",
    "text": "Blink's support page sends law-enforcement preservation requests through Amazon's Law Enforcement Request Tracker (ALERT) and the Amazon Law Enforcement Guidelines. Those guidelines say Amazon will not release customer information without a valid and binding legal demand, does not produce content in response to subpoenas, may produce content in response to a search warrant, and may respond immediately to urgent requests involving a threat to public safety or risk of harm to any person. The guidelines name Amazon, not Blink. Blink's privacy notice says it releases information \"when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law\" or to protect safety.",
    "sources": [
     "https://support.blinkforhome.com/contact-support/data-preservation-request",
     "https://d1.awsstatic.com/certifications/Amazon_LawEnforcement_Guidelines.pdf",
     "https://blinkforhome.com/privacy-policy"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "partial",
    "label": "Qualified",
    "text": "\"We are not in the business of selling our customers' personal information\"; shares as described in the notice and with its affiliates (Blink is an Amazon company).",
    "sources": [
     "https://blinkforhome.com/privacy-policy"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "tplink",
   "name": "TP-Link (Tapo, Kasa)",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "discretionary",
    "label": "Discretionary",
    "text": "Tapo privacy policy: shares information on a \"good faith belief\" that disclosure is needed to comply with law or legal process, or to respond to legal claims \"like search warrants, court orders, production orders, or subpoenas\" from parties including law enforcement. No warrant requirement stated. The Kasa app privacy policy uses the same language.",
    "sources": [
     "https://privacy.tp-link.com/app/tapo/privacy",
     "https://privacy.tp-link.com/app/kasa/privacy"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "no",
    "label": "Ad sharing disclosed",
    "text": "Tapo policy offers an opt-out of \"processing or sharing of your personal data for online targeted advertising\", i.e. it does this by default. The Kasa app policy has the same opt-out.",
    "sources": [
     "https://privacy.tp-link.com/app/tapo/privacy",
     "https://privacy.tp-link.com/app/kasa/privacy"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "simplisafe",
   "name": "SimpliSafe",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "legal_process",
    "label": "Legal process",
    "text": "SimpliSafe's law-enforcement guidelines: account content (including video) requires a \"Search Warrant OR Subpoena with prior notice to Customer OR 18 U.S.C. 2703(d) Court Order and prior notice to Customer\"; a separate emergency process covers \"danger of death or serious physical injury\". Its camera-privacy page says it won't share footage \"unless required by law\".",
    "sources": [
     "https://simplisafe.com/legal/law-enforcement-requests",
     "https://simplisafe.com/privacy"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "no",
    "label": "Ad sharing disclosed",
    "text": "SimpliSafe's privacy policy says it works \"with advertising partners such as Facebook and Google to deliver advertisements tailored to your interests\" and offers an opt-out of targeted advertising / \"Do Not Sell\" link, i.e. this happens by default.",
    "sources": [
     "https://simplisafe.com/legal/privacy-policy"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "lorex",
   "name": "Lorex",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "legal_process",
    "label": "Legal process",
    "text": "Lorex's privacy policy: shares with \"Government bodies and law enforcement, to the extent they have a binding order or warrant\", and says that if you do not have a Lorex Cloud Storage Plan, \"we cannot disclose your Video Data\". With a cloud plan, it says it will \"redirect the governmental body to request the Video Data from you directly, to the extent permitted by applicable laws\" and give you \"reasonable notice\" if compelled, unless legally prohibited.",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.lorex.com/pages/privacy-policy"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "partial",
    "label": "Qualified",
    "text": "Lorex's privacy policy: \"We do not sell your Personal Information.\" It also says sharing data with advertising cookies may be considered a \"sale\" under the CCPA, and offers a \"Do Not Sell My Personal Information\" link.",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.lorex.com/pages/privacy-policy"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "ecobee",
   "name": "ecobee",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "discretionary",
    "label": "Discretionary",
    "text": "ecobee's privacy notice lists disclosure \"To respond to law enforcement requests and, as required by applicable law, court order or governmental regulations\". No warrant requirement stated.",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.ecobee.com/en-us/privacy-policy/"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "no",
    "label": "Ad sharing disclosed",
    "text": "ecobee's product page says \"ecobee will never sell your data\", but its privacy notice says it \"may be considered to be 'selling' or 'sharing' personal information\" because of third-party advertising/analytics cookies and \"disclosure of certain ecobee Product user data to third parties for their own marketing purposes\". We score the policy.",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.ecobee.com/en-us/privacy-policy/",
     "https://www.ecobee.com/en-us/smart-doorbell-camera-wired/"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "ezviz",
   "name": "EZVIZ",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "discretionary",
    "label": "Discretionary",
    "text": "EZVIZ's US privacy policy (Last Updated Mar. 31, 2020; it says it covers ezviz.com and its sub-websites): discloses \"In response to a legal request (e.g. a search warrant, court order or subpoena) if we have a good-faith belief that the law requires us to do so\", and to protect you or others. No warrant requirement stated.",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.ezviz.com/us/legal/privacy-policy"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "yes",
    "label": "Says no sale",
    "text": "EZVIZ's US privacy policy (Last Updated Mar. 31, 2020; covers ezviz.com and its sub-websites): \"We do not sell any personal information to third parties and we never will.\"",
    "sources": [
     "https://www.ezviz.com/us/legal/privacy-policy"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "swann",
   "name": "Swann",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "discretionary",
    "label": "Discretionary",
    "text": "Swann's US privacy policy: shares information \"where we are legally required to do so, such as in response to court orders, law enforcement or legal process\", and for potential threats to personal safety. No warrant requirement stated.",
    "sources": [
     "https://us.swann.com/policies/privacy-policy"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "no",
    "label": "Ad sharing disclosed",
    "text": "Swann's US privacy policy says it shares tracking data \"with our data analytics providers, cookie providers, and ad networks to provide targeted advertising\", and that this \"may be deemed a sale or sharing under the CPRA\".",
    "sources": [
     "https://us.swann.com/policies/privacy-policy"
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "key": "lockly",
   "name": "Lockly",
   "police_requests": {
    "value": "discretionary",
    "label": "Discretionary",
    "text": "Lockly's privacy policy: may disclose information on a \"good-faith belief\" that it is needed \"in response to a court order, judicial or other government subpoena or warrant, or to otherwise cooperate with law enforcement or other governmental agencies\".",
    "sources": [
     "https://lockly.com/policies/privacy-policy"
    ]
   },
   "data_sale": {
    "value": "partial",
    "label": "Qualified",
    "text": "Lockly's privacy policy: \"We do not sell any personal information for the commercial benefit of any party\", but notes that \"sale\" is defined broadly under the CCPA.",
    "sources": [
     "https://lockly.com/policies/privacy-policy"
    ]
   }
  }
 ]
}