View table: Incident
Table structure:
- Company - List of Page, delimiter: ,
- StartDate - Start date
- EndDate - End date
- Status - String (allowed values: Active · Pending Resolution · Resolved)
- ProductLine - List of Page, delimiter: ,
- Product - List of Page, delimiter: ,
- ArticleType - String (allowed values: Product · Service)
- Type - List of String, delimiter: ,
- Description - String
This table has 422 rows altogether.
| Page | Company | StartDate | EndDate | Status | ProductLine | Product | ArticleType | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates (edit) | Facebook • WhatsApp | 2021-02-08 | Active | Service | Privacy | WhatsApp updated its privacy policy, key changes are: Clarifying how WhatsApp processes user data. Detailing how WhatsApp works with businesses. | |||
| Accellion data breach (edit) | Accellion • Kroger • Shell • Trillium • Qualys • Singtel • CSX | December 2020 | February 2021 | Resolved | Security | A security breach affecting over 25 companies, medical institutions and schools. | |||
| Acer settles online breach probe for $115k (edit) | |||||||||
| Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration (edit) | Activision Blizzard | 2024-03-21 | Active | Battle.net | Service | EULA • Terms of Service | A Battle.net update required users to accept forced arbitration terms or lose access to their account and game library. | ||
| Activision discontinues Blur video game (edit) | Activision Blizzard | 2011 | Active | Blur | Blur | Incident | Service Termination | The game Blur cannot be legitimately purchased for no apparent reason. | |
| ADDW car systems legislated in the EU (edit) | European Union | 2026-07-07 | yet to start | Privacy Concern | EU passed legislation that mandates installation of cameras monitoring driver behaviour in its plan to reduce road accidents, it is supposed to warn drivers if distracted, while it is stated that this data should be contained within a loop, it is limited to EU's ability of its enforcement | ||||
| Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM (edit) | Adobe | Active | Adobe Digital Editions | Product | Ownership • False Advertising | Adobe limits downloads of bought books through their apps despite unlimited downloads advertised | |||
| Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans (edit) | Adobe | 2024-06-17 | Pending Resolution | Adobe Creative Cloud | Service | Difficult to Cancel • Fees • Subscription | The FTC is suing Adobe over deceptive practices regarding its subscription services. | ||
| Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works (edit) | Adobe | June 2024 | Active | Creative Cloud | Service | Ownership • Terms of Service | Adobe's 2024 ToS update forced users to grant broad content licenses with no opt-out; users couldn't access files or uninstall software without accepting. | ||
| AEG Power Tools 58V product line discontinuation (edit) | AEG Powertools | 2024 | Active | 58V tools | Product | Planned Obsolescence | AEG discontinued its 58V battery platform, stranding customers with tools that have no replacement batteries available. | ||
| Airtel Axis Credit Card devaluation (edit) | Axis Bank | 2026-03-10 | Active | Credit Card | Airtel Axis credit card | Product | |||
| Airthings ASA app release (edit) | Airthings | 2024-05-21 | Unresolved | Airthings Gen 1 | Product | Forced Migration | |||
| AlienRides LLC tries and bans all importation of Electric Unicycles using patent law unless licensing fee is paid. (edit) | Alien Rides | 2026-01-21 | Active | Product | Anti-competitive Behavior • Monopoly | Inventist and Alien Rides filed an ITC complaint to ban all major EUC brands from the US market unless manufacturers pay licensing fees. | |||
| Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review (edit) | Amazon | Amazon | Service | False Advertising | |||||
| Amazon alters the content of purchased ebooks (edit) | Amazon | 2023 | Active | Amazon Kindle | Amazon Kindle | Service | Digital restrictions | Amazon allows publishers to retroactively make editorial changes to already purchased ebooks in users' Kindle library without their knowledge | |
| Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage (edit) | Amazon | March 2025 | Active | Amazon Echo | Amazon Echo | Product | Privacy | Amazon removed an opt out option from amazon echo client device series for the amazon alexa, citing the need to collect data for generative AI training | |
| Amazon Kindle discontinues support for pre-2013 devices (edit) | Amazon | 2026-04-07 | Active | Amazon Kindle | Product | Planned Obsolescence • Digital Ownership • Right to Repair | Amazon will disable Kindle Store access on 13 pre-2013 Kindle devices on May 20, 2026; factory reset becomes a one-way brick. | ||
| Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver (edit) | Amazon | 2023-05-25 | 2023-05-31 | Resolved | Amazon | Digital Restrictions | After an amazon worker severely misunderstood an automated Eufy doorbell message, Amazon proceeded to lock the homeowner out of their account for 6 days. | ||
| Amazon Luna revocation of third-party games (edit) | Amazon | 2026-06-10 | Unresolved | Revocation of Digital Goods | Amazon removed the ability to stream previously purchased third-party games on its Luna cloud gaming platform without offering refunds, revoking the cloud access consumers paid for. | ||||
| Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation (edit) | Amazon | 2023 | Active | Amazon PhotosPlus | Amazon Echo Show | Service | Advertising • Cloud Lockout • Service Termination • Planned Obsolescence | Amazon canceled their cloud service for showing photos across devices despite launching a product based on this service a year prior. | |
| Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices (edit) | Amazon | August 2025 | Active | Amazon App Store | Amazon App Store | Service | Ownership • Digital restrictions • Forced Migration • Service Termination | Amazon revoked access to the Amazon App Store on all non-Amazon Android devices. Users must now use Amazon hardware to download their paid content. | |
| Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent (edit) | Amazon • Audible | 2024 | 2025 | Active | Audible membership | Amazon Prime | Service | Service Termination | Audible enrolled Amazon customers in Audible memberships without their knowledge or consent |
| Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa (edit) | Amazon | 2025-02-26 | Active | Alexa | Service | Subscription • Privacy | Amazon charges $19.99/mo for Alexa+ AI features; free for Prime. Classic Alexa features degraded after infrastructure shift. | ||
| Android data collection (edit) | Unresolved | Android • Google Pixel | Privacy | Google and Android phones alike deliberately collect user information, even when they choose to opt-out. | |||||
| Anker Battery Bank Recall (edit) | Anker | 2023-03-09 | Active | Anker Battery Banks | Product | Defective • Poor Quality • Safety | Over 1.68M Anker power banks recalled for fire/explosion risk; 90+ incidents, 9+ burn injuries across four recalls, no cash refund on largest recall | ||
| Anova oven app subscription model (edit) | Anova Culinary | 2024-08-21 | Active | Service | Service Siphoning • Planned Obsolescence | Anova added a $1.99/month fee in August 2024 for app features that had been free since 2014; new buyers of any Anova device must now pay to use remote control and recipes | |||
| Anthem server shutdown (edit) | Electronic Arts • BioWare | 2025-07-03 | Active | Anthem (game) | Product | Service Termination | EA plans to shut down Anthem's always-online servers on January 12, 2026, rendering the game completely unplayable for all owners. | ||
| Anthropic Claude Code HERMES.md billing flaw (edit) | Anthropic | 2026-04-25 | 2026-04-26 | Resolved | Claude | Claude Code | A flaw in Claude Code triggered by the string "HERMES.md" in Git commit messages bypassed subscriptions and charged direct API fees. | ||
| Apple introduces OS-level age verification (edit) | Apple | 2026-02-25 | Active | IOS • IPhone | Product | Surveillance • Privacy • Anti-consumer Behavior | Apple introduces mandatory age verification on iOS on Beta 26.4 | ||
| Apple removes apps aiding protests (edit) | Apple | 2019 | Active | Apple App Store | Service | Censorship | Apple has removed various apps that aid protestors due to various goverments' threats | ||
| Apple's planned obsolescence incidents (edit) | Apple | Active | Product | Planned Obsolescence | |||||
| Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices (edit) | Digital Restrictions | Many apps on any kind of device can deliberately refuse to work if the device has been suspected to be modified. | |||||||
| Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps (edit) | Allstate • Arity | Active | Privacy | Arity collects data around every 15 seconds with no easy opt-out for the users. | |||||
| Ars Technica fake AI article on AI accusations (edit) | Ars Tecnica | 2026-02-13 | 2026-02-16 | Resolved | News Publication | Article | Service | Misinformation | Ars Tecnica published a poorly AI written article, on a guy being bullied by an AI Agent. Later they pulled the article and clarified the situation. |
| ASRA cease and desist against CoagRef (edit) | American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine | 2026-05-15 | Free physician-built iOS reference app CoagRef was removed in May 2026 after legal demands from a large anesthesiology organization over guideline content. | ||||||
| ASUS charges for previously free bootloader unlocking tool (edit) | ASUS | May 2023 | Active | ROG • Zenfone | Digital Restrictions • False Advertising • Firmware Lockout | On May 2023, without giving a notice to the users, ASUS removed the ability for owners of the Zenfone and ROG Android phones to access the bootloader tools. As a follow-up, in Early 2024, ASUS began charging 185 euros for bootloader unlocking. | |||
| Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs (edit) | ASUS | 2024-04-19 | 2024-05-01 | Resolved | Rog Ally | Broken promise • Terms of Service | ASUS voids warranty and does not fix devices with minor damages and attempts to get away with it by calling it "Customer Induced Damage" and by performing unrequested and unrelated repairs. | ||
| Audi basic HVAC "Sync" function paywalled (edit) | Audi | April 2022 | Active | Audi Q4 E-Tron | Audi Q4 E-Tron | Incident | Digital Restrictions • Firmware Lockout • Ownership | Audi charges $758 for an HVAC “Sync” button, which is physically present within the vehicle, but disabled until a payment is made. | |
| Audible class action lawsuit (edit) | Amazon | 2025-08-28 | Pending Resolution | Audible | Audible | Incident | Digital Ownership • Licensing Controversy | Audible allegedly misleads consumers into thinking they own the audiobooks they purchase. | |
| Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits (edit) | Amazon | Audible | Service | ||||||
| Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy (edit) | Autodesk | 2025 | |||||||
| AWS Lightsail won't cancel (edit) | Amazon | AWS Lightsail | |||||||
| Bambu Lab (edit) | Bambu Lab | 2025-11-01 | Active | Product | Safety | NTC thermistor on A1 AC boards overheats to 140 to 160 C, melting plastic and causing fires; Bambu Lab silently revised hardware but issued no recall | |||
| Bambu Lab (edit) | Bambu Lab | 2026-04-23 | Active | Legal threat against open-source contributor | April 2026 private cease-and-desist against AGPL fork maintainer Paweł Jarczak, who restored direct printer control removed by Bambu Lab's Authorization Control System. | ||||
| Bambu Lab A1 NTC thermistor fire and meltdown hazard (edit) | Bambu Lab | 2025-11-01 | Active | Product | Safety | NTC thermistor on A1 AC boards overheats to 140 to 160 C, melting plastic and causing fires; Bambu Lab silently revised hardware but issued no recall | |||
| Bambu Lab Authorization Control System (edit) | Bambu Lab | 2025-01-16 | Active | Post-purchase terms change | January 2025 firmware change restricted third-party slicers and gated printer control behind Bambu-issued authentication. | ||||
| Bambu Lab cease and desist against OrcaSlicer fork developer (edit) | Bambu Lab | 2026-04-23 | Active | Legal threat against open-source contributor | April 2026 private cease-and-desist against AGPL fork maintainer Paweł Jarczak, who restored direct printer control removed by Bambu Lab's Authorization Control System. | ||||
| Bancoposta & Postepay app (edit) | Poste Italiane S.p.a. • PostePay S.p.a | 2024 | 2026 | Pending Resolution | Bancoposte app • Postepay app | Service | Privacy | The apps has started to require the mandatory monitoring off all apps active on the phone metrics and data due to bank safety claim | |
| Bandicam perpetual license invalidation (edit) | Bandicam | 2025 | Bandicam • Bandicut | Product | |||||
| Battery Health Assistance (edit) | Google Pixel | Product | Planned Obsolescence | ||||||
| Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect (edit) | Best Buy | 2019-11-06 | Active | Insignia Connect | Product | ||||
| Bitly QR Code preview page advertising (edit) | Bitly | February 2025 | Active | QR-Code-Generator.com • Bitly links | Service | Terms of Service | Bitly has introduced "preview pages" for QR Codes and Bitly links, which may contain advertising, before directing users to the destination link. | ||
| Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout (edit) | Bitly | 2021-12-01 | Active | Qr-code-generator.com | Qr-code-generator.com | Service | Terms of Service | Bitly's QR-Code-Generator.com markets "free" QR codes that break after a 14-day trial unless users pay $119/year, destroying printed materials. | |
| BlackVue firmware security vulnerabilities (edit) | BlackVue | 2022-07-30 | Active | Product | Privacy • Repairability | Seven CVEs across DR750 & DR590X allow firmware backdooring, unauthenticated recording access, & hardcoded API secrets; DR750 unpatched since 2022 | |||
| BlackVue GPS location broadcasting (edit) | BlackVue | 2018-09-18 | Active | Product | Privacy | BlackVue Cloud broadcasts users' real-time GPS, video, and audio to anyone with a free app account; BlackVue calls it a feature | |||
| BlackVue mandatory app registration (edit) | BlackVue | 2025-03-13 | Active | Product | Privacy • Subscription lock-in | BlackVue requires account registration to use the companion app, removing local Wi-Fi access without internet login; second try after 2023 reversal | |||
| Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video (edit) | Bloomberg | 2025-08-20 | DMCA Abuse | ||||||
| Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM (edit) | AACS LA | 2016-02-14 | Active | Product | Digital rights management • Right to own | UHD Blu-ray requires internet-connected DRM; if AACS servers shut down, legally purchased discs become unplayable | |||
| BlueCruise hands-free driving (edit) | Ford | 2021 | Active | Service | Subscription • Planned Obsolescence | Ford charges up to $495/year to unlock BlueCruise hands-free driving on hardware already installed in the vehicle at purchase | |||
| BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data (edit) | BlueDriver • Repairify • Root Four Imagination • Lemur Vehicle Monitors | 2025-04-25 | 2025-10-14 | Resolved | BlueDriver | BlueDriver OBDII Scan Tool | Product | Cloud lockout • Forced Migration • Privacy | iOS and Android apps required login for any functionality |
| BMW API restrictions (edit) | BMW | 2025-08-30 | Active | Vehicles | Vehicles • Cars • Automobiles | Product | Digital restrictions | BMW destroys home assistant integration for customers of BMW's online services subscriptions | |
| BMW feature lockout scandal (edit) | BMW | Active | Product | Hardware Lockout • Ownership • Subscription | BMW is charging for activation of hardware features built into their vehicles. | ||||
| BMW proprietary screws (edit) | BMW | 2025-12-11 | Active | Product | Repairability • Anti-consumer Behavior | BMW patented a roundel-shaped screw that blocks standard tools, restricting vehicle owners and independent shops from basic maintenance | |||
| BMW's heated seat subscription (edit) | BMW | July 2022 | Rent-seeking | ||||||
| BMW's high beam assistant (HBA) (edit) | BMW | August 2019 | Active | Product | Rent-Seeking | BMW charges a subscription to unlock High Beam Assistant, a pre-installed safety feature that prevents blinding other road users | |||
| Booking.com Post-Payment Terms Disclosure (edit) | Booking.com | 2025 | Active | Service | Contract Transparency • Material Omission | Hosts impose terms after payment; platform disclaims responsibility and defends chargebacks citing "non-refundable" status. | |||
| Bosch cloud dishwasher incident (edit) | Bosch | Cloud | |||||||
| Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case (edit) | Bose | 2020-09-29 | Active | Bose QuietComfort Earbuds | Product | Repairability • Planned Obsolescence | Bose firmware-locked QC Earbuds (2020) to their charging case; losing the case bricks functional earbuds with no replacement sold | ||
| Bose SoundTouch end of life treatment (edit) | Bose | 2025-10-09 | 2026-01-07 | Resolved | Bose SoundTouch | Bose SoundTouch | Incident | Cloud Lockout • Service Termination • Planned Obsolesence • Abandonware | Bose announces end of cloud support for SoundTouch products, but releases API documentation and promises to leave non-cloud features intact. |
| Brave puts affiliated links in the address bar (edit) | Brave Software | 2020-06-06 | 2020-06-08 | Resolved | Brave browser | Product | False Advertising • Privacy | Brave silently injected affiliate referral codes into address bar URL suggestions without user consent | |
| Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC (edit) | Federal Communications Commission | ||||||||
| Brother DCP-L3550CDW aftermarket toner failure (edit) | Brother Industries Ltd. | 2018 | Active | DCP-L3550CDW and MFC-L3770CDW printers • TN-760 cartridges | DCP-L3550CDW and MFC-L3770CDW printers • TN-760 cartridges | Incident | Anticompetitive Behavior • Planned Obsolescence • Third Party | Brother toner cartridges contain chips for authentication. Firmware updates have actively suppressed aftermarket toner. | |
| Brother printers causing issues with third party inks (edit) | Brother Industries Ltd. | Third-party | |||||||
| Bumpgate (edit) | AMD • Nvidia | 2006 | 2010 | Resolved | Poor Quality | ||||
| Cambridge Analytica Scandal (edit) | Cambridge Analytica • Meta | 2018 | 2019 | Resolved | Service | Advertising • Privacy | The personal data of Facebook users was misused for targeted political advertising. | ||
| Canadian bread price fixing (edit) | Canada Bread • Weston Foods • Walmart Canada • Giant Tiger • Sobeys • Metro | 2001 | 2015 | Resolved | Bread | Bread • Bagels • Naan | Product | Price Fixing | From 2001 to 2015, many companies colluded in what can be described as a cartel, fixing bread prices in Canada. |
| Canon ink DRM (edit) | Canon | December 2021 | Active | ImageRUNNER | Product | DRM • Third-party | Canon uses authentication chips in toner cartridges to block third-party use; a chip shortage forced Canon to bypass its own DRM in 2022 | ||
| Canon legacy scanner driver abandonment (edit) | Canon | Active | Product | Planned Obsolescence | Canon stops driver updates for functional scanners; users on Windows 10/11 or modern macOS can't use hardware they own | ||||
| Canon printers disable scanning when ink is low (edit) | Canon | 2021-10-12 | 2023-03-07 | Resolved | Product | Planned Obsolescence • Repairability | Canon disables scanning & faxing on all-in-one printers when ink is low; scanning uses no ink | ||
| Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause (edit) | Canva | Affinity | |||||||
| Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible (edit) | Cerberus | Advertising • Privacy | |||||||
| CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall (edit) | CFMoto | 2025-08-15 | Active | Motorcycles | CFMOTO Ride | Product | Cloud lockout | CFMoto moved to a subscription model for their CFMOTO Ride app, charging users for features they previously received with their purchase | |
| Chamberlain removes API access from new and existing garage door openers (edit) | Chamberlain Group | November 2023 | March 2024 | Active | Product | Cloud • Privacy • Ownership | Chamberlain Group removed third party API access to new and existing garage door openers (forcing cloud connection and data collection). | ||
| Chat Control (edit) | Active | Surveillance • Privacy | |||||||
| ChatGPT-4o (edit) | OpenAI | 2024-05-13 | Active | ChatGPT | Product | Artificial Intelligence • Paywall • Health Risk to Users | ChatGPT-4o is a language model of OpenAI known by several incidents that include user harm, product deprecation and false claims from OpenAI | ||
| Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks (edit) | Lenovo • Google | 2019-02-27 | 2026-01-01 | Pending Resolution | Computer | Laptop | Service | Service Termination | The end of millions of Chromebooks as Chrome OS support is discontinued, impacting schools and students worldwide. |
| Chuwi - 7430U product false advertisement (edit) | Chuwi | 2025 | Pending Resolution | Chuwi Laptops | Chuwi Corebook X 7430U | Product | Fase advertising | Chuwi sold the affected models with 7430U in the name, however, these chips were actually 5500U processors with firmware/OS reporting as a 7430U. | |
| Cisco anti-competitive practices lawsuits (edit) | Cisco Systems • Inc. | 2015 | Active | Networking equipment | SmartNet | Product | Monopolistic Practice | Cisco has been the subject of multiple antitrust lawsuits alleging that it uses its dominant position in the after-market for services on its networking equipment to suppress competition from independent resellers. | |
| Cisco Removing access to critical downloads for products that are end-of-support (edit) | Cisco Systems Inc. | Active | ASA Next-Generation Firewall Services • Centri Firewall • Compatible IntraGuard Firewall Series • ISA500 Integrated Security Appliances • PIX 500 Series Security Appliances • PIX Device Manager • PIX Firewall Software • SA500 Security Appliances • Secure Firewall Cloud Native • Sourcefire Defense Center • Sourcefire Virtual Defense Center • Access Control and Policy • Administrative Policy Engine • Authentication Agent • CSPM Lite Software • Global Roaming Server Software • Policy Administration Point • Policy Decision Point • Policy Enforcement Point • Secure Access Control Server • Secure User Registration Tool • Network Visibility and Segmentation • Identity Services Engine (ISE) 3300 Series Appliances • NAC Appliance (Clean Access) • NAC Guest Server • NAC Legacy Software • NAC Manager and Server • NAC Profiler • Secure Access Control System • Secure Network Server (SNS) 3400 Series • Stealthwatch Identity • Trust Agent • VPN and Endpoint Security • 7100 7200 7400 Series VPN Routers • AnyConnect VPN Client • FireRunner • Hostscan • IDS Host Sensors • Intraport VPN Server Software • NAC Appliance 3100 and 3300 Series • Remote Access Security • Scanner • Secure Desktop • Secure Guest Control Server Software • Secure Managed Remote Access • Secure VPN Client • Security Agent • SSL VPN Client • Threat Grid - Appliance • Virtual Network Computing • VPN 3000 and VPN 3002 Client • VPN 3000 and 5000 Series Concentrators/Software • VPN 5000 Client Manager and Concentrator Software • VPN Client • VPN CVC Pro • Security Management Series • ASA Content Security and Control • DDoS Multidevice Management System • DDoS Web-based Management System • Guard DDoS Mitigation Appliances • IPS Manager Express • Multinet • Prime Security Manager • ProtectLink Security • Secure Policy Manager • Security Auditor • Security Monitoring Analysis and Response System • Traffic Anomaly Detectors • Trend Micro ProtectLink • IPS and NGIPS • IDS Sensor Software • IDS Unix Director • Incident Control System • Intrusion Prevention System • IPS 4200 4300 4500 Series Sensors • IPS Device Manager • IPS Threat Response • NetRanger Sensor • Network Traffic Analyst • Sourcefire 3D Sensor • Cloud Email Web Security • Cloud Access Security • Cloud Application Security • Cognitive Threat Analytics • Cyber Threat Defense • IOS Content Filtering • Scan Safe Web Security • SecureX • Spam and Virus Blocker • SSL Appliances • CiscoWorks Products • CiscoWorks Access Control List Manager • CiscoWorks Auto Update Server Software • CiscoWorks Incident Resolution Management • CiscoWorks Management Center for Security Agents • CiscoWorks Management Center for Firewalls • CiscoWorks Management Center for IPS Sensors • CiscoWorks Management Center for VPN Routers • CiscoWorks Monitoring Center for Performance • CiscoWorks Monitoring Center for Security • CiscoWorks Monitoring for Network Admission Control • CiscoWorks Rules Based Correlation • ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall • CiscoWorks Security Information Management Solution • CiscoWorks Security Portal • CiscoWorks VPN Monitor • CiscoWorks VPN/Security Management Solution • CiscoWorks Vulnerability Correlation | Product | Ownership • Right to Repair | Cisco removes all downloads for products that are past their end-of-support date, which leaves no official way to acquire updates. | |||
| Cisco Requiring a service contract to download in-support device firmware (edit) | Cisco Systems Inc. | 2013-02-11 | Active | Product | Right to Repair • Ownership • Anti-consumer Behavior | Cisco requires a service contract and account to download currently supported services and devices. | |||
| Click Adventure (edit) | Valve | 2025-08-06 | 2025-09-12 | Resolved | Steam | Steam | Service | Scam • Security | Fake Steam game used to launder stolen wallet funds from ~25 pre-compromised accounts; Valve refused refunds |
| Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model (edit) | Celsys | Clip Studio Paint | Broken Promise • Subscription | ||||||
| Coles 'Down Down' price manipulation (edit) | Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd | 2024 | Pending Resolution | Down Down | Product | Price Manipulation | The ACCC has claimed that Coles supermarkets have used misleading pricing in its down down promotion | ||
| Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings (edit) | |||||||||
| Commonwealth Bank collection of biometric data (edit) | Commonwealth Bank | 2024 | |||||||
| ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation (edit) | ConnectedLife | 2022-06-17 | SmartDry | Service | |||||
| Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel (edit) | Costco | 2023-10-06 | Pending Resolution | Costco pharmacy website | Costco pharmacy website | Incident | HIPAA Privacy • Privacy | Costco's pharmacy website allegedly shared patients' private information with Meta and other unauthorized third parties via tracking tools such as Meta Pixel. | |
| Covert web-to-app tracking by Meta and Yandex (edit) | Meta • Yandex | February 2017 | January 2025 | Resolved | Facebook • Instagram • Yandex Maps • Yandex Browser | Service | Privacy • Surveillance • Unprompted Risk to Users | Meta & Yandex apps on Android track users by listening on localhost ports, linking web activity to app identities, bypassing privacy measures. | |
| Crave app refuses televisions based on production date (edit) | Bell Media • Samsung | 2025-09-15 | Active | Samsung TVs | Crave | Service | Digital restrictions • Planned Obsolescence | Crave drops app from Samsung TVs made before 2018; subscribers told to buy a newer TV or use an external device | |
| Creality forces update that removes features from their 3D scanners (edit) | Creality | 2025-08-07 | Active | 3D Scanners | Otter • Raptor • Ferret* | Service | Firmware lockout | Creality's forced update mandate and removing a big feature of their scanners that allows the use of Mobile APP is now locked behind proprietary hardware. |