A German woman is suing Airbnb after allegedly discovering a hidden camera in the California apartment she rented through the site . Edith Schumacher is taking legal action against both the site and the apartment 's landlord over the apparent violation of privacy . Still, the changes would have come nearly a year after Schumacher and Stockton rented the apartment in Irvine. She says after three days of staying in the Irvine apartment , she and her partner spotted a camera hidden between rooms on a shelf . The alleged incident happened in December 2013 , but the lawsuit has only just been filed , stating : " Mrs Schumacher is deeply humiliated and angry about the fact that the camera was and/or could have been used to spy upon her while she was completely undressed and walking around within the property . Moreover , she has been and continues to be concerned that images of her exist in electronic form and may make their way onto the Internet or some other medium . "
A German woman is suing Airbnb after allegedly discovering a hidden camera in the California apartment she rented through the site . Edith Schumacher is taking legal action against both the site and the apartment 's landlord over the apparent violation of privacy . She says after three days of staying in the Irvine apartment , she and her partner spotted a camera hidden between rooms on a shelf . The alleged incident happened in December 2013 , but the lawsuit has only just been filed , stating : " Mrs Schumacher is deeply humiliated and angry about the fact that the camera was and/or could have been used to spy upon her while she was completely undressed and walking around within the property . Moreover , she has been and continues to be concerned that images of her exist in electronic form and may make their way onto the Internet or some other medium . "