Is ecobee safe? Privacy, police requests & security record

Facts last verified Oct 22, 2026 · Every claim is linked to its source · Methodology

Answer: ecobee: no qualifying incidents in our tracker since Oct 2021; police requests: discretionary; privacy policy: ad sharing disclosed. Highest-scoring device we track: ecobee Smart Doorbell Camera (wired) (5/100).

ecobee devices we track

Device	Score	Offline	Local storage	Home Assistant	RTSP/ONVIF	Subscription	Account
ecobee Smart Doorbell Camera (wired)Doorbell · Wired, Wi-Fi	5	Unverified	None	Unverified	Unverified	Required	Unverified

Police & law-enforcement requests

Discretionary 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.¹ Compare companies

Privacy policy: selling or sharing data

Ad sharing disclosed 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.¹²

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

ecobee: Privacy notice (effective Nov 27, 2024) · checked Oct 22, 2026
ecobee: Smart Doorbell Camera (wired) · checked Oct 22, 2026