We-Vibe Connected Vibrator
Standard Innovation Corporation (We-Vibe) · Intimate Device
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Index
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
- Requires a cloud account
- Works offline
- 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, breaches and journalism about this device — the "what actually happens" axis. Each links to its source.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Descriptive, cited, not legal advice; ratings are versioned and corrections create a new version. Data from the IoT Info Grabber DB research project, CC BY-SA 4.0.