Ring said in its transparency report that it turned over a record amount of doorbell footage and other information to the U.S. authorities last year.
The company said in two reports that it received 3,147 legal demands over the course of the next two years, an increase of about 65% compared to the previous year.
Court-issued search warrants allowed Ring to turn over both information about a Ring user and video footage from their accounts. Ring turned over user content in response to four out of ten demands.
The number of legal law orders given by US companies can be disclosed in transparency reports. According to the latest figures, Ring has a close relationship with about 2,200 police departments around the United States.
Ring told 648 users that their information had been requested by law enforcement. Ring does not reveal user information unless it is forbidden by a secrecy order.
Police departments and law enforcement agencies can ask Amazon to preserve a user's account for up to six months to allow them to gather enough information to obtain a court-issued order.
Amazon executive Brian Huseman told lawmakers in a letter published Wednesday that Ring shared doorbell footage at least 11 times with U.S. authorities. The letter states that Amazon made a good-faith determination that there was an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to a person requiring disclosure of information without delay. When a requesting agency doesn't have enough time to get a court order, companies can respond with data.
Ring hasn't revealed how many times it has disclosed user data in the past.
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