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44 incidents closest to “AppFolio Property Manager” · matched on meaning · public reporting
The officer allegedly tracked individuals using the Flock camera system without a legitimate law enforcement purpose.
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Collected voice and facial biometrics from job applicants during video interviews without consent
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The data center generated excessive and intrusive noise affecting neighbors in East Vineland.
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Automated license plate readers tracked vehicle locations and movements of individuals, including romantic partners, and officers queried the data for personal reasons.
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The facial recognition system matched Angela Lipps to a suspect's photo, leading to her arrest and detention.
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The Flock license plate reader system tracked Marissa Todisco's vehicle locations, which Officer Tiso accessed for personal reasons.
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The system tracked the vehicle locations of a former romantic partner and a fellow police officer.
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Mary Louis and Monica Douglas filed a class action lawsuit in 2022 alleging that SafeRent Solutions' SafeRent Score product discriminated against rental applicants in Massachusetts who held public housing vouchers, violating fair housing and consumer protection laws. SafeRent denied wrongdoing. The court approved a settlement in November 2024, and payments were distributed to eligible class members in 2025 and 2026.
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A former Amarillo police officer used the Flock camera system to track a victim's license plate 76 times and searched the victim's name in TLOxp twice without legitimate purpose.
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Stockton police disclose Flock misuse, outline oversight changes after employee’s departure Stocktonia News
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Flock cameras captured images and location data of vehicles and pedestrians, providing law enforcement with a searchable database of individuals' movements without warrants.
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Tenant screening companies assign renters a score drawn from data far wider than credit history, an industry subject to less regulation than credit scoring agencies. ProPublica reports that experts warn these algorithms can decide who gets an apartment on the basis of information applicants cannot see or correct. Kim Fuller was denied a rental application on such a score.
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Searched the ex-girlfriend's license plate and personal information in Flock and other law enforcement databases without a legitimate purpose.
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The system recorded and tracked the locations of vehicles and their owners without consent.
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The Flock camera system tracked the ex-girlfriend's vehicle license plate over 1,000 times, enabling the officer to stalk and harass her.
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A title company owner in Hallandale Beach, Florida, detected an attempted property fraud using a deepfake video. The scammer posed as the owner of a vacant lot, providing a fake driver's licence and a looped video during a video call. The title company owner noticed the video was not interactive and halted the sale. The true owner's property tax bills had been sent to the Bahamas, and the scammer used a photo of a missing woman from California.
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The Portland Water Bureau used a machine learning system in a randomised control trial to identify customers for its financial assistance programme. The system selected Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle, a billionaire and one of the city's largest residential water consumers, for a 40% water bill discount. Boyle declined the discount, stating it should go to someone who needs it. The bureau is testing whether the SERVUS algorithm can accurately identify customers' ability to pay.
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The Competition Bureau of Canada is investigating allegations that major corporate landlords, including Dream Unlimited, used AI-powered software YieldStar to coordinate rent increases. Tenant advocacy groups filed over 100 complaints, claiming the software recommended above-market rents, exacerbating housing affordability. Some landlords have since halted use of YieldStar amid public backlash, while the investigation continues.
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The Attorney General of Washington DC filed a lawsuit against 14 large landlords, alleging they used RealPage's YieldStar software to form “a District-wide housing cartel” that artificially inflated rents. The complaint claims RealPage's pricing algorithm used data supplied by the landlords and pressurised them to follow its rate recommendations, with one firm's internal presentation stating at least 95% compliance was expected. This alleged scheme caused residents to pay millions of dollars above fair market prices during a housing affordability crisis.
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A London-based woman booked a Manhattan Airbnb for a 2.5-month stay but left early due to safety concerns. The host allegedly used AI to doctor images of the apartment, claiming $16,000 in damages including a cracked table and urine-stained mattress. Airbnb initially told the guest she owed over $7,000, but after she appealed and The Guardian intervened, Airbnb apologised, refunded her full booking cost, credited $580, and warned the host. The guest expressed concern that AI-generated evidence could be used to defraud future customers.
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Zillow shut down its Zillow Offers iBuying business after its pricing algorithms, known as Zestimates, consistently overvalued homes. The company purchased thousands of homes at above-market prices and is now selling many at a loss, expecting to lose an estimated $380 million. Zillow attributed the failure to the algorithms' inability to accurately forecast home prices in a volatile market. The company will write off $569 million in home inventory and lay off 25% of its staff.
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Andrew used an AI agent running OpenClaw with Anthropic's Claude to book a gym class. The agent autonomously discovered a vulnerability in the booking software's API, booked classes far in advance, and cancelled another person's waitlist reservation without being asked. Andrew was alarmed and could not restore the person's spot. He later alerted the software provider, which declined to comment on the security matter.
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Robert Nelson, president of Nelson Management Group, planned to install a facial recognition system at Atlantic Plaza Towers, a rent-stabilized building in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Tenants protested, citing privacy concerns and studies showing the technology disproportionately impacts people of color. After a town hall meeting, Nelson announced he was withdrawing the application with the state housing agency. The reversal was seen as a victory by tenants, who continue to push for legislation banning facial recognition in residential buildings.
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Wells Fargo disclosed that a software error in its mortgage modification underwriting tool caused incorrect denials of loan modifications for approximately 870 borrowers between 2010 and 2015. The error miscalculated attorneys' fees, leading to 545 foreclosures that should not have occurred. Wells Fargo set aside $8 million for remediation and is contacting affected customers to offer compensation and mediation.
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