Is Blink (Amazon) safe? Privacy, police requests & security record
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Answer: Blink (Amazon): no qualifying incidents in our tracker since Oct 2021; police requests: discretionary; privacy policy: qualified. Highest-scoring device we track: Blink (Amazon) Video Doorbell (23/100).
Blink (Amazon) devices we track
| Device | Score | Offline | Local storage | Home Assistant | RTSP/ONVIF | Subscription | Account |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blink (Amazon) Outdoor 4Camera · Battery | 23 | No | Hub only | Cloud | No | Partly | Required |
| Blink (Amazon) Mini 2Camera · Plug-in | 23 | No | Hub only | Cloud | No | Partly | Required |
| Blink (Amazon) Video DoorbellDoorbell · Battery or wired | 23 | No | Hub only | Cloud | No | Partly | Required |
Police & law-enforcement requests
Discretionary No Blink law-enforcement guidelines found. Privacy notice: Blink releases account and other personal information "when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law" or to protect the rights, property or safety of Blink, users or others.1 Compare companies
Privacy policy: selling or sharing data
Qualified "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).1
Security incidents, vulnerabilities & regulator actions
What counts is set by our incident inclusion rule; entries before Oct 2021 are listed but not scored.
No entries in our tracker.
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Sources
- Blink Privacy Notice · checked Oct 22, 2026