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2025-01-19 15:50:37 Pacfic
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Apple Settles Siri Privacy Eavesdropping Lawsuit - 13d
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Apple has agreed to a $95 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit concerning its Siri voice assistant. The lawsuit alleges that Siri recorded private conversations when unintentionally activated, sharing these recordings with third parties including advertisers and human reviewers. The plaintiffs claim this happened without their consent and that they were then targeted with specific ads based on these conversations, with some citing examples of receiving ads for products or medical treatments after discussing those topics near their devices. The settlement also mentions that Apple employed contractors to listen to some of these recordings which included private and confidential conversations.

Apple denies any wrongdoing as part of the settlement. However, the agreement indicates that eligible users who owned a Siri-enabled device between 2014 and 2019 may be entitled to a payout of up to $20 per device. Class members are defined as individuals who are current or former owners of a Siri Device and reside in the US and its territories. They must also be willing to declare under oath that Apple recorded their conversations while Siri was accidentally activated. The final size of each payment will depend on the number of claims made.

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