Apple to pay customers $95M in Siri spying settlement —
Here’s how to get your payout
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If you have owned an Apple device since 2014, you could be due for some cash.
Anyone with a Siri-enabled device may be eligible to file a claim as part of a $95 million class-action lawsuit against the company.
The lawsuit, Lopez v. Apple, accused the tech giant’s voice assistant of spying on users and recording private conversations after unintentionally activating Siri.
It is alleged that recordings happened even when users didn’t say the prompt, “Hey, Siri.”
Eligible enabled devices include the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook, iMac, HomePod, iPod touch and Apple TV.
The suit was filed by Fumiko Lopez and other consumers in a California federal court in 2021, and they alleged that their recorded discussions were shared with third-party businesses, such as restaurants and brands, which led to targeted ads in Apple Search and Safari.
Even though a settlement has been reached, “Apple denies all of the allegations made in the lawsuit and denies that Apple did anything improper or unlawful,” the settlement website states.
According to the legal notice, consumers who “owned or purchased a Siri-enabled device and experienced an unintended Siri activation during a confidential or private communication between Sept. 17, 2014, and Dec. 31, 2024” can now file a claim to get a payout.