What’s everyone’s policy on the RING door bell?

I have allowed it with no problems or complaints but now of course I have one resident having a fit that the assistant manager that lives across the hall installed one.

Following! I work in a corporate position but I live onsite at one of our communities and they allowed me to install mine.

We did not allow them, lease allows our control of those common areas

We allow them

Why not allow them?

I'm just gonna say... Deny a resident the option to protect their home with a camera, and then that unit gets broken in to..... That will be a decent lawsuit and bad PR. I don't care what's in the lease for the common areas, don't deny someone the protection of their home. If the complaining resident lived in a house and their neighbor put up a camera then what would they do? You never know when the video recorded on your assistant managers camera will actually help. The ones scared of cameras are the ones that are up to no good.

Josué Adam you do not deny the protection they just have to have it inside their unit to protect their home common areas are not their's to protect...if they lived in their own house it would be their property and they have a right to put them on their property common areas are not the resident's property

Myra Defoe "I'm visually impaired and can't see out my peephole, I would like a reasonable accommodation to have a Ring Camera that I can better see with to who is knocking on my door".

Josué Adam the can be a better peephole for the vision impaired

Additional protection can't infringe on other tenant's right to privacy. If it records them in any way that they don't consent to you can't have it

People do not legally have "an expected right of privacy " in a breezeway or at a front door. I haven't run into this as an issue, may be on the way.

Except that if the camera captures them coming in and out of their home, it also captures the inside of their dwelling. Privacy violated.

Billy Aamodt that's not the case in the states I do business in , but I do see that varies from state to state .

In two party consent states, they absolutely do have that right to privacy

Conrad Ward it does not meet the wire tapping laws in even in some two party consent states due to it being used for security. There must be a burden of proof that it is, without question, being used outside of that use. I said, clearly, that it varies from state to state. People have to stop thinking that laws are one size fits all. Ring and similar types have not be outlawed anywhere as of yet. If management or ownership chose to ban them, they is allowed as a private company. It is not breaking a law in general putting one up.

Legitimate concerns are
1. Possibility of recording into units opposite.
2. Allows someone to track neighbors coming and going.

There is no expectation of privacy outside their apartment. There are cameras everywhere

No because it can infringe on the right to privacy of others

There is a right to privacy ...someone with the ring camera can watch who is coming and going in every unit...Company can have cameras because the are the agent to owner

Be aware of local or state laws in regards to this. If the camera records someone else's home directly that can be where you can get into an issue. Or at least that is how the law is here in NY.

Usually a recording of someone in a public space is fine as long as it doesn't record voice. The corridor is considered public/common area.

For me it is okay, unless it is positioned in such a way that it looks directly into someone else's apartment.

I am in lease up and my community is all smart products, I think it is great as well as is a deterrent for break ins. You will always have those that will complain no matter what, and I would think her neighbor would appreciate unless they have something to hide

Debbie Turner Gallogly the issue with recording audio is where Im having issues with residents.

We’re looking into adding “smart homes” with our new Rehab Packs... but minus the ring doorbell which sucks because that’s what I was most excited about! My Regional explained that depending on the location it could effect the neighbors privacy if they’re directly across... makes sense????????‍♀️
I guess this is the ONE downfall of living in an Apartment Community. ????

There is no privacy in common public halls
In the USA at least

At a class by our attorneys we were told that legally they can have cameras inside their apartment but they can’t record outside. I would call your legal representation.