Apple Inc. will pay $95 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging its Siri voice assistant recorded private conversations without users' consent.
Apple has agreed to pay US$95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing its digital assistant Siri of listening in on users’ private conversations. The proposed settlement detailed in a court filing came with Apple holding firm that it did nothing wrong. “ Apple has at all times denied and continues to deny any and all alleged wrongdoing and liability,” the tech titan said.
A class action lawsuit filed five years ago accused Siri of listening in on private conversations of people with iPhones, iPads, HomePods or other Apple devices enhanced with the digital assistant. The California-based tech giant has made user privacy a big part of its brand image, and one of the reasons it tightly controls its “ecosystem” of hardware and software. Talk captured by “unintended Siri activation” were obtained by Apple and perhaps even shared with third parties, according to the suit. A proposed settlement fund of US$95 million would be used to pay no more than US$20 per Siri device to US owners who had private conversations captured without permission. The agreement also requires Apple to confirm it has deleted any overheard talk and make user choices clear when it comes to voice data gathered to improve Siri
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