Airbnb generated 35,000 support tickets about surveillance devices over the prior decade. In July 2025, a Wisconsin guest found cameras superglued behind bathroom outlet plates. A 2025 survey found 47% of Americans have discovered a camera in a rental. Enforcement depends entirely on guests discovering violations.

In March 2021, a vulnerability in third-party software led to a breach exposing 21.8 million users' data — email addresses, phone numbers, licence plate numbers, mailing addresses, and hashed passwords. The database appeared on a public hacking forum.

The SEC charged Lyft with materially misleading investors about its safety record. Investigation found Lyft had systematically undercounted safety incidents by excluding complaints from multiple reporting categories. The actual safety incident rate was significantly higher than the 0.0002% Lyft disclosed to investors. Lyft settled with the SEC for $25 million without admitting or denying the findings. Investors who bought Lyft stock based on the inflated safety figures lost money when the truth emerged. Lyft's safety community report (first published 2021, after pressure from Uber's 2019 report) disclosed thousands of sexual assault reports. The company that told investors safety incidents were vanishingly rare was hiding the numbers that proved otherwise.

Councils switching to app-only parking (removing meters) force residents to surrender personal data, financial details, and location history. Traditional meters allowed anonymous cash payment. Older and lower-income residents are penalised for not owning smartphones.