A woman from Oregon, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, filed a lawsuit against Apple for tracking via AirTag last week. According to koin.com, her ex-partner tracked her using a device hidden under her car, and she claims the company did not warn her of the danger. She is seeking $75,000 in damages.
The case is being handled by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in Medford. The woman had an iPhone, and she believes that an alert about a foreign AirTag moving with her should have reached her without issue. This did not happen. The tracking, according to AppleInsider and The Independent, resulted in verbal and written threats and property damage.
What Authorities Know About the Case
According to The Independent, the AirTag was discovered under the vehicle during a January inspection, and police in Medford later charged the man with stalking using a GPS device. AppleInsider adds that a restraining order was also issued against the ex-partner.
Apple's Stalking Prevention Measures
Apple has implemented several measures to prevent tracking by foreign devices, according to AppleInsider:
- Alerts when a foreign AirTag is moving with the user and its owner is not nearby,
- A joint standard with Google starting in 2024 that will provide warnings on both iOS and Android,
- The ability to display the tracker's identifier, play a sound to locate it, and read instructions for disabling it,
- Regular beeping after three days of separation from the owner. In April 2026, new firmware for the second generation of AirTag adjusted the sound to make the device easier to find.
Other Disputes Surrounding AirTag
According to The Independent, this is one of more than 30 lawsuits against Apple that have followed after a federal judge in California declined to certify a class-action lawsuit in March. The woman is also seeking a ban on the sale of AirTags without enhanced stalking prevention measures. The lawsuit states that Apple received over 40,000 reports of stalking from 2021 to 2024.
In August, two women in Detroit complained about being tracked by former partners, again stating that Apple did not warn them. A class-action lawsuit from 2022 could have continued in 2024, but it lost certification in March 2026 and was refiled by the plaintiffs in May, according to AppleInsider.
The lawsuit states, according to The Independent: "The low cost and wide availability of AirTags has democratized stalking, making it accessible to virtually anyone with $29 and an iPhone."