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A class-action suit has been filed against Apple Pay and DoorDash for deceptive practices after allegedly taking a payment for a subscription without consent or knowledge.
Apple Pay is no stranger to lawsuits, but a new class-action one aims to strike at the heart of Apple’s claim that its Apple Payments service is safer than credit card rivals. Kristine Divney has filed suit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, claiming that Apple took an authorized payment on behalf of DoorDash, a food delivery service.
Divney claims that she created an account with Caviar, the parent company of DoorDash, but not with DoorDash itself. According to the full filing, she says she has not subscribed to DoorDash’s DashPass monthly service, and has never used Face ID to authorize an Apple Pay payment for this.
She further states that she has never provided her Capital One credit card information to Caviar. Yet in May 2025, her Capital One account showed a $9.99 charge for a DashPas subscription.
Divney called DoorDash customer support, who confirmed that she has no existing nor prior account with them. Customer support refused to refund the charge, and seemingly said that the only way to prevent future charges was for her to cancel her credit card.
However, according to the suit, Divney now has details of other users who were similarly charged without their consent. Those users reportedly say that a new, replacement card would still be charged, unless Divney called the credit company and had an indefinite block put on DoorDash.
“The putative class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable,” continues the filing. “DoorDash and Apple Pay each have millions of active users, many of whom have posted about similar experiences online.”
“Therefore, although discovery is required to identify the actual total number of affected consumers, the size of the putative class in New York is believed to be significant,” the filing continues.
DoorDash operates nationally. If the case were to be successful, and not granted class status, it would doubtlessly be replicated across the country.
As yet, neither Apple nor DoorDash parent company have commented on the filing.
While financial errors such as this are possible, what’s more likely is that Divney’s activity on the related Caviar site inadvertently included accepting an offer from DoorDash. That does not explain how despite being charged by the brand, she still has no listed account with them, however.
