Ring Doorbell + GDPR

The question being asked here is about a Ring Doorbell and GDPR, in my opinion it's a fairly clear-cut situation where people are allowed to have the doorbells and guideance has been given by the DPC in relation to it. From a GDPR point of view, the Data Controller (neighbour), Data Subject (Op) and Data Processor (Amazon/Ring) all have their obligations and guidelines, the Data Subject has concerns around how the Data Controller is operating, they are going to have to speak to each other otherwise it won't go anywhere.

From a GDPR point of view a business and a homeowner are the same thing, they are a data controller.

I'm trying to remember a judge making a GDPR judgement, this is normally done by the DPC not the courts but a court may make a ruling which will make the DPC take a different stance on their ruling.

The DPC is an independent body which will make a ruling based on the facts that are available to them together.

I think the problem here isn't GDPR but general privacy, the DPC isn't going to get involved in neighbours recording each other, they're just going to ask them to talk to each other and to prove that they have, if the neighbour denies having any footage (or data relating to the data subject) then they probably aren't going to go any further, they aren't the police, they are an independent ruling body.

Now if you feel your privacy is being impacted by someone acting maliciously then that's probably a task for the guards rather than the DPC.

You don't have to register with the DPC anymore. In my opinion GDPR wasn't written to take CCTV/Dashcam/Doorbells into account and is such a grey area that any queries being raised on it will just have the easiest answer given and it'll be up to a test case to put a precedent down.

The next section covers the doorbell, the bit you are referencing is cameras within the home

"Similar to the cameras inside the home, a smart doorbell is likely to fall within the domestic exemption as its use will be connected purely with the homeowner’s personal or household activity.

Where this may differ from the previous scenario is if the camera on the doorbell is pointed towards a publicly accessible area and is capable of recording individuals in that area."

It's pointed towards the Ops garden and it's capable of recording individuals in that area so it may differ from the scenario you are referencing, in fact they reference the court case that says that it does fall under GDPR "The Court of Justice of the European Union has established in the case of ‘Ryneš’ that the use of a domestic CCTV system that covers a public space falls within the scope of data protection law."

In my opinion, this is all theoretically and not really suitable for GDPR, all the neighbour has to do is say they aren't recording or can't make out the Op and that's the end of the DPC's involvement, they aren't going to go try to prove the neighbour was telling porkies.