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Accellion data breach

Around mid-December in 2020, several hacker groups going by the names FIN11, UNC2546, and CLOP, infiltrated Kiteworks (formerly Accellion) systems using SQL injection, affecting organizations…

AirAsia

AirAsia is a budget airline based in Malaysia. In 2007, The New York Times described AirAsia as a pioneer of low-cost travel in Asia. As of November 2025, they serve Asia, the Middle East, and…

Android Developer Verification

On August 25, 2025, Google announced an upcoming application installation restriction on Google-certified Android devices, requiring all developers to register and verify their real-life identity…

Anthem server shutdown

On July 3, 2025, Electronic Arts (EA) and BioWare announced the "sunsetting", or server shutdown, of their video game Anthem, with January 12, 2026, set as the shutdown date. Premium in-game currency…

Aotearoa/New Zealand consumer law

The corner stone of Aotearoa/New Zealand consumer law is the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993. This act guarantees consumers five basic rights when buying goods. Goods must be - of acceptable quality…

Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps

Arity, established in 2016 as a subsidiary of Allstate Corporation, positions itself as a leader in mobility data analytics. According to their mission statement: ...collect{s} and analyze{s}…

ASUS charges for previously free bootloader unlocking tool

In May 2023, ASUS removed a tool they provided for unlocking the bootloader of their Zenfone and Republic of Gamers (ROG) smartphones. This tool was mentioned in advertising to appeal to tech-savvy…

Best Buy

Best Buy is an American multinational chain of stores that specializes in retailing consumer electronics.

Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect

On November 6, 2019, Best Buy discontinued support for its Insignia Connect app. This resulted in major functionality losses for affected Insignia products that used the service.

Brother DCP-L3550CDW aftermarket toner failure

The Brother DCP-L3550CDW printer requires toner cartridges with embedded chips for authentication. Some aftermarket (non-OEM) cartridges include battery-powered chips, which can lead to recognition…

Buffalo Wild Wings

Buffalo Wild Wings was founded in 1982 and is a American casual dining and sports bar restaurant specializing in alcoholic beverages and chicken wings. The company has been involved in various…

Capital One

Capital One Financial Corporation is an American bank holding company founded on July 21, 1994, and specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings accounts, headquartered in McLean…

Chamberlain Group

Chamberlain Group LLC is an intelligent garage door opener company founded in 1954. They boast 50M+ homes with their products installed, and also offer commercial garage door opener systems.

Cisco Meraki

Cisco Meraki is a cloud networking company that began as a 2006 research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cisco completed its acquisition of Meraki in December 2012 for about…

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, software, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and…

Click-to-cancel

The click-to-cancel (CtC) rule is a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule, specifically 16 CFR Part 425.6, which requires that subscription services make it as easy to cancel the service as it was to…

Coffee Meets Bagel

Coffee Meets Bagel's Google Play "Data safety" label tells users "No data shared with third parties" for both of its published app builds, while the company's own privacy policy states that photo and…

Crunchyroll adds forced arbitration in January 2025 TOS update

On January 30, 2025, Crunchyroll emailed US users of its server about an update to its terms of service through email and notifications on login. There were two main updates to the terms of service -…

DAZN

DAZN is a British-owned entertainment platform for sports broadcasting and streaming. The platform launched in 2015 and streams live and on-demand sport to over 200 countries worldwide. The service…

Deceptive advertising of gun safes

Products referred to as "gun safes" are usually not "true safes" (UL 687), but "residential security containers" (UL 1037). The distinction comes from the certification/rating system established by…

Dell

Dell, formally Dell Technologies, is a technology company focused on computers and computer infrastructure. They market themselves as "the world's most essential technology infrastructure company for…

Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym

Derrimut 24:7 Gym, an Australian gym chain that is marketed as offering round-the-clock access (with "24:7" in both its name and domain), suddenly announced reductions to operating hours February…

Discord

Discord is a proprietary VoIP and instant-messaging platform developed by Discord Inc. (formerly Hammer & Chisel, Inc.), co-founded by Jason Citron and Stanislav Vishnevskiy. Launched in 2015, the…

Discord's mandatory age verification

Discord is moving forward with mandatory age verification for many users. This decision comes at the heels of a data breach in October 2025, which exposed personally identifiable information of…

Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts (colloquially shortened to EA) is a former video-game developer and now publisher founded in 1982 by Trip Hawkins. It is well known for its simulator titles under the Sim series (The…

Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms

Many open-source software licenses require you to license your modified copies under the same license, thus maintaining the freedom of the end-user and preventing use of the source code without any…

European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins

The Spirit Blossom Morgana skin, released by Riot Games on June 25th, 2025, is part of the developer's new "Exalted" skin tier, marketed as ultra-premium digital content for the game League of…

F1TV concurrent streams limit

At the start of the 2025 Formula 1 season, F1TV started limiting the amount of concurrent streams you could watch with F1TV pro (the highest subscription plan in 2024). At the start of the 2025…

Fandom

Fandom, formerly known as Wikia, is a media conglomerate based in the United States. The website has more than 50 million user-generated pages, as well as other multimedia databases such as…

Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"

Figma has sent cease and desist letters to companies, including the Swedish AI startup Lovable, for using the term "Dev Mode," claiming it infringes on their trademark. This action has sparked…

Filmora lifetime licenses terminated

Wondershare, the company behind Wondershare Filmora, changed its licensing policy, causing controversy among users. Originally, lifetime licenses promised unlimited access to future updates. However…

Fisher-Price discontinues Smart Connect app
Fitbit

Fitbit, now a subsidiary of Google, is a company that produces fitness tracking devices, some of which also function as smartwatches. They acquired Pebble in 2016, and produced the Ionic, Versa…

Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software

Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software is an attempt to alter past fallback licenses. In 2025 company is trying to enforce new terms on software bought in 2024 or prior.What is the…

Forcing full motherboard replacement in mid range phones
FTC Lawsuit against Turbo Tax free software

The Federal Trade Commission took action against Intuit Inc., the maker of the popular TurboTax tax filing software, by issuing an administrative complaint against the company for deceiving consumers…

Future Motion

Future Motion Inc. is a self-balancing electric skateboard manufacturer founded in 2013 by Kyle Doerksen.

General Motors data collection and sharing controversy

General Motors (GM) has been collecting and monetizing driving data from millions of internet connected vehicles since 2015. Through its OnStar system and vehicle telematics, GM gathers comprehensive…

Google

Google LLC, founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, is one of the most influential technology companies in the world. Originally developed as a search engine to organize and index the growing…

Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out

Google has added some Android devices to their "Find Hub" network without the users consent, only informing them via email, and giving only 2 days to opt-out. There is supposedly an opt-out link, but…

Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program

The Google Pixel 6a is an Android smartphone designed, developed and marketed by Google. It was released on July 28, 2022. Android 16 is expected to be the last version supported with security…

Google Pixel Watch

The Pixel Watch is a line of smartwatches developed and marketed by Google. The first-generation Pixel Watch was launched on October 13, 2022, and was first previewed in May 2022 during the Google…

GoPro Karma
Halfords Limited

Halfords Limited sells an Extended Tyre Warranty during mobile tyre fitting bookings, labelling it as a "Mobile Fitting" product in the checkout with no disclosure that it cannot be redeemed via…

Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 is a third-person cooperative shooter game for PlayStation 5 and Windows, developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and released by Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2024.

Hello Neighbor 2

Hello Neighbor 2 is a stealth horror game developed by Eerie Guest Studios and published by tinyBuild.

HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe

The app makes it trivially easy to subscribe to the service, but it uses UI anti-patterns to hide subscription management options. Additionally, it has limited payment management options in the web…

Hisense adds unskippable ads to its GUI on the Spanish models

In Spain, Hisense began to place unskippable and AI-personalized ads every time you changed the channel, the HDMI source, turned on the television and other basic things.

HP Laptop Subscription

HP Laptop Subscription is a laptop subscription service by HP which takes device ownership out of the consumer's hands and forces the consumer to be locked into HP's terms, notable ones included…

Hyundai

Hyundai Motor Company, commonly referred to as Hyundai, is a South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Seoul. Founded in 1967 by Chung Ju-yung, Hyundai is one of the largest…

Intel CPUs stability issue

In 2024, there were stability issues found related to Intel's 13th and 14th generation desktop processors. Mobile 13th and 14th generation processors are not affected.

KingSong

KingSong is a manufacturer of electric unicycles.

Kwikset discontinues Kevo smart lock app
Logitech webcams

I just bought C930e. To my surprise unlike my old c920 it does not have h264 hardware encoding. Using mjpeg makes video more noisy.

Malaysia Online Safety Act 2025 (ONSA)

The Online Safety Act 2025 (Act 866) is Malaysian legislation that came into force on January 1, 2026, requiring social media and messaging platforms with over 8 million Malaysian users to remove…

Meta

Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, is a multinational technology conglomerate primarily known for its social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger…

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is one of the "Big Five" tech giants, well known for licensing Q-DOS from Seattle Computer…

Microsoft Copilot's recall feature

Recall is a feature of Windows 11 that records the user's activity using snapshots and allows users to retrace their previous activity., using Copilot, Microsoft's Artificial intelligence(AI)…

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge is a proprietary web browser developed by Microsoft, first released in 2015 as the successor to Internet Explorer. Based on the Chromium engine since 2020, Edge is marketed as a fast…

Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11

In a Microsoft Windows insider blog published March 28, 2025, under the section "[other] changes", the removal of bypassnro.cmd script was announced. This script is used to complete a new Windows…

Minecraft account migration

On October 21st, 2020, Mojang announced that all Minecraft Java Edition users must migrate their Mojang accounts to Microsoft accounts to retain access to the game. On December 18th, 2023, consumers…

MIRC

mIRC is an IRC client for Microsoft Windows developed by Khaled Mardam-Bey.

Monoprice

Monoprice is a US-based online retailer specializing in high-quality electronics, accessories, and home entertainment products at competitive prices. Founded in 2002, the company has gained…

MSI motherboard CMOS battery obsolescence

Recent MSI motherboards have moved on from easily accessible clip-mount holders for their CMOS batteries. Instead hiding the battery behind the voltage regulator module (VRM) heatsink assembly, and…

Nanoleaf

Nanoleaf is a company that specializes in LED lighting. It was founded in 2012 and launched its first products with Kickstarter funding.

National Grid USA smart meter data collection in New York and Massachusetts

National Grid USA is installing smart meters across Massachusetts and New York that contain embedded software capable of identifying individual household appliances by their electrical signatures…

Nike Adapt

Nike Adapt is a line of self-lacing smart shoes introduced by Nike, featuring app-controlled functionality. These shoes represent a significant innovation in footwear technology, combining…

Nintendo

Founded in 1889, Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a multi-billion-dollar video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan with multiple subdivisions outside of Japan. They manufacture video game consoles and…

Nissan's Data Collection and misleading its customers

Nissan's electric vehicles collected vast amounts of telemetry information. The vehicle made the owners of vehicles consent to this collection, every ride, every startup. What was written in the…

Notability

Notability forces new privacy policy on users who already bought the app to train its AI on the users own writing and recordings. Users are locked out of the application unless they agree to the new…

Nothing

Founded in 2020, Nothing Technology Limited (stylised as NOTHING) is a British consumer electronics company headquartered in London. They manufacture consumer tech products such as smartphones…

Nothing Phone (1)

Several users have reported a recurring issue with the Nothing Phone (1) where the Bluetooth functionality becomes inoperable. Affected devices are unable to activate Bluetooth, with the toggle…

Okkazeo

Okkazeo is a French company founded in 2007 that offers a consumer to consumer platform for board games enthusiasts. It allows board game owners to sell board games from their collections to…

Open washing

Open washing is a marketing tactic that superficially associates a product with a widely trusted open-source software culture when the product itself does not provide freedoms that define that…

Palantir

Palantir Technologies Inc. is a data analytics company founded in 2003 with early backing from tech investor Peter Thiel and In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency…

Panera's failure to disclose a known security breach

Back in 02 August 2017, security researcher Dylan Houlihan notified Panera Bread of the breach that allowed hackers to access over 37 million customers personal information via its website, however…

PayPal requests ID post-purchase for cryptocurrency
PlayStation account deletion after period of inactivity

A PlayStation Account is what all the (digital) purchases like movies, games and subscriptions are tied to if you buy them from PlayStation/on your PlayStation. In July 2026 a difference in the…

PNC Bank

PNC Bank is a banking subsidiary of PNC Financial Services and the product of a merger of two Pennsylvania-based banks in 1983, Pittsburgh National Corporation and Provident National Corporation…

Project Hail Mary audiobook DRM exclusive and market pullback
Qantas
Raiffeisen RaiPay
Remove Your Media
RepairShopr data privacy
Revolut
Right to repair
Riot Vanguard
Roblox
Samsung One UI 8 bootloader restriction
Samsung SmartCam
Securities and Exchange Commission
SecuROM
Serato DJ Pro / DJM-S11
Shopee
Sig Sauer
Sketchfab
Smartaira Plume Wi-Fi motion detection
SmartyPlus
Sony
Sony x900h television
Star Citizen
StayFocusd
Stylish (browser extension)
Subway
T-Mobile US
Take Two
TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking
Total surveillance accounting
Uber
User testing for mandatory paid subscription into Tado Smart Thermostat app
Valve
Volvo VIDA
WhatRuns