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We-Vibe Connected Vibrator

Standard Innovation Corporation (We-Vibe) · Intimate Device

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8.1Surveillance
Index
Policy — what its policy permitsF
Evidence — what research provesF

Logged the date, time, vibration intensity and pattern of each use tied to a user's email, transmitting it to Canadian servers before a 2017 class-action settlement forced the company to stop.

Why this rating

We-Vibe secretly logged intimate usage timing, intensity and patterns tied to user email and transmitted it to Canadian servers, resulting in a $3.75 million class-action settlement — one of the most severe substantiated privacy violations in this dataset.

What it is

Manufacturer
Standard Innovation Corporation (We-Vibe)
Category
Intimate Device
Model years
2014-present
Market status
Current
Companion app
We-Connect

The evidence 4

Independent research, regulatory action, lawsuits and journalism about how this device handles personal data — the "what actually happens" axis. Each links to its source.

  1. S5If You Purchased a We-Vibe Product... You May Be Entitled to a Payment From a Class Action Settlement
    Lawsuit · PR Newswire · 2017-03-14

    Notice of the $3.75 million We-Vibe class-action settlement over covertly tracking users' vibration intensity, patterns and usage timestamps tied to their email addresses.

    Why it matters here: Direct class-action settlement notice regarding We-Vibe's covert intimate-usage tracking.

  2. S5NPR: Vibrator Maker to Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tracked Use
    Journalism · NPR · 2017-03-14

    NPR's coverage of the We-Vibe settlement, describing how the company tracked intimate usage data without adequate user consent.

    Why it matters here: NPR coverage of the We-Vibe settlement.

  3. S5PCMag: Sex Toy Company Will Pay $3.75M to Settle Spying Claim
    Journalism · PCMag · 2017-03-14

    PCMag's reporting confirming the $3.75 million We-Vibe settlement over its covert intimate-usage data collection.

    Why it matters here: PCMag confirmation of the $3.75M settlement amount.

  4. S4Phys.org: Smart Sex Toy Maker's Price for Spying
    Journalism · Phys.org · 2017-03-01

    Additional coverage of the financial and reputational cost to We-Vibe's maker following its covert data-collection scandal.

    Why it matters here: Additional coverage of the financial and reputational fallout for We-Vibe's maker.

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If you leave an email it is encrypted at rest and opened only to answer you — never shared, never used for anything else. It is erased 30 days after we resolve this (or 180 days if it is still open) without you asking, and you can erase it sooner at any time; either way your correction stays, anonymously. Leave it blank and your request is fully anonymous from the start (we store no IP address either way).

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