A Bengaluru woman recently discovered that her ex-boyfriend, an employee at a food delivery platform, had allegedly been using the app to track her location. The incident was shared on LinkedIn by the woman’s friend, Rupal Madhup. According to the post, the ex-boyfriend allegedly flagged the woman’s account after their relationship ended. This gave him access to her real-time delivery addresses, allowing him to monitor her movements without her knowledge or consent.The post claimed that the woman initially ignored her ex-boyfriend’s questions about her late-night food orders and weekend trips. As his intrusive behaviour escalated, with him constantly questioning her whereabouts and even commenting on her food choices during her period, made it clear to her that her ex-boyfriend was using the food delivery app to monitor her activities.
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In the LinkedIn post, Madhup, a friend of the woman who was allegedly harassed wrote: “Heard The Most Traumatizing Bumble Story this Weekend – Peak Bengaluru!
A friend of mine started dating a guy who works at a food delivery platform. Everything seemed fine until the relationship didn’t work out for whatever reason—and that’s when things got weird.
After the breakup, the guy went full stalker mode.
He apparently flagged her account in their system, which meant he had real-time access to her delivery locations. Every. Single. Time.
And what did he do? He used it to keep tabs on her!
– “Why are you not ordering at your own place at 2 AM? Where are you?”
– “What are you doing in Chennai?”
– “Ordering chocolates, are you on your period?”
At first, she thought it was just him being weird, but when it kept happening, she put 2+2 together.
This man was literally using data to stalk her post-breakup.
Just think about it. Knowing someone’s location and activities through a food delivery app is seriously creepy, especially given how revenge-driven breakups can be.
Data might be the new electricity, but it’s also one of the most dangerous weapons in the wrong hands.”
How user reacted to post
The LinkedIn post has already received over 1,600 likes and hundreds of comments.
One user criticised the post and hinted that this story may be made up. Gaurav Behl who works with TikTok, said: “Most tech companies employ strict privacy policies and security measures to safeguard user data. It is highly unlikely that an individual employee regardless of their access level can use customer data for personal motives without violating internal protocols or facing severe consequences. Data systems in such companies are typically monitored to prevent unauthorised access and breaches of privacy are taken seriously often resulting in strict disciplinary action or legal consequences. However, if this scenario were true it would be a clear breach of trust and privacy. In such cases, the right approach would be to report the behaviour to the platform and escalate it to legal authorities if necessary.”
Meanwhile, another user named Deeksha Singh who works in data said: “For people saying this might be fictional and getting this level of data access isn’t possible are all incorrect. When you are part of data teams, you mostly have access to user data. It’s unusual, but you can see activity by customer id itself. Extremely scary.”