Category:Incidents

• Incidents by region (3 C)
• Incidents by year (22 C)

A

• Automotive privacy (1 C, 3 P)
• Automotive security (3 P)

C

• Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection (1 P)
• Consumer rights (2 C, 7 P)

D

• Data breaches (5 P)
• Data collection (2 C, 12 P)
• Digital locks (1 P)
• Digital rights management (1 C, 18 P)
• Discontinued products (8 P)
• Discontinued subscription services (2 P)

E

• End-user license agreements (1 C, 4 P)
• EULA roofieing (1 C)

F

• False Advertising (2 P)
• Forced arbitration (1 C, 9 P)

P

• Planned obsolescence (2 C, 23 P)
• Positive incidents (2 P)
• Privacy (32 P)
• Privacy controversies (1 C, 3 P)

R

• Right to repair (2 C, 36 P)

S

• SecuRam installs backdoor on ProLogic series safe locks (1 P)
• Service cancellation (1 C, 4 P)

A

• Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration
• Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans
• Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works
• AEG Power Tools 58V product line discontinuation
• Airthings ASA app release
• Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation
• Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices
• Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa
• Apple's planned obsolescence incidents
• ASRA cease and desist against CoagRef

B

• BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data
• BMW feature lockout scandal
• Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC

C

• Cambridge Analytica Scandal
• CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall

D

• Disney+ ad policy change
• Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair
• Dyson covers circuit board in glue
• Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers

E

• Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking

F

• Final Draft software activation
• Firefox introduces TOS
• Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program
• Flashforge Flash Studio mandatory slicer advertising and third-party slicer lockout

G

• Google Android restrict app sideloading
• Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs

H

• HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls

I

• IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan
• Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update
• Indeed forced arbitration and bundling of consent
• Intel CPUs stability issue

J

• John Deere dealerships lobby against right to repair
• John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement
• John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information
• Jones v. Ford Motor Co.

K

• Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition

L

• LG refrigerator warranty scandal
• LG Television sale of personal data
• LinkedIn browser extension scanning

M

• Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app
• Mazda remote-start subscription
• Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription
• Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion (2026)
• Miku charges subscription for previously free features
• Milwaukee battery DRM
• Minecraft account migration
• MinIO Object Browser: removal of management features
• Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers
• Motorola Smart Feed Amazon affiliate hijacking
• MSI motherboard CMOS battery obsolescence

N

• Ngenic forces subscription on previously “lifetime” Tune customers
• Nike Adapt

P

• Paragon NTFS software license invalidation
• Peloton removes Just Run feature
• Peloton used-equipment activation fee
• Philips Hue starts requiring an account for the Hue app
• PlayOn Desktop discontinued
• Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses
• Proposed Ring-Flock partnership (2025-2026)

Q

• Qantas sale of tickets for cancelled services (ghost flights)
• QIDI 3D printer house fire

R

• Red Shell tracker
• RepairShopr data privacy

S

• Samsung self-repair program restrictions
• Sony Alpha Wi-Fi and Bluetooth unit malfunction
• Sony's attempted removal of "purchased" content
• Synology Active Insight 2026 paid-subscription conversion and removal of free licenses
• Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS

T

• Tesla locks battery range behind paywall
• Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall
• Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall
• Tesla switches full self-driving to subscription only
• The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff

U

• Uber EULA precludes jury trial

V

• Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam
• Verizon App Manager
• VitalSource "Lifetime" false advertising
• Volkswagen car-location data-exposure incident
• Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription
• Voluntary Recall of NVIDIA Shield K1 Tablets

W

• Walmart's Onn devices bricked after update