From Uber's dubious employment practices to rampant claims of sexual assault on the platform, the ride-sharing company has become something of a case study in everything that can go wrong with techno-futurism. Now, as Reveal News reports, Uber can add spying to its list of shady dealings.

Uber hired Ward Spangenberg in 2015 to work on information security. He was fired 11 months later, and Spangenberg, 45, is now suing the $51-billion company for age discrimination and whistleblower retaliation. According to court documents filed in October, Spangenberg said he "frequently objected to what he believed were reckless and illegal practices."

Reveal reports, citing Spangenberg, that “internal Uber employees helped ex-boyfriends stalk their ex-girlfriends and searched for the trip information of celebrities such as Beyoncé.”

“I also reported that Uber’s lack of security, and allowing all employees to access this information (as opposed to a small security team), was resulting in a violation of governmental regulations regarding data protection and consumer privacy rights,” Spangenberg wrote in a court declaration signed in October.

In response to the claims, Uber issued a boilerplate statement to Reveal:

“We have hundreds of security and privacy experts working around the clock to protect our data. This includes enforcing strict policies and technical controls to limit access to user data to authorized employees solely for purposes of their job responsibilities, and all potential violations are quickly and thoroughly investigated.”

Michael Sierchio, who was a senior security engineer at Uber until June of this year, told Reveal that the company did not take steps to protect its customers' private information.

“When I was at the company, you could stalk an ex or look up anyone’s ride with the flimsiest of justifications,” he said. “It didn’t require anyone’s approval.”