Apple has started sending out payments to settle a bombshell $95 million class-action suit claiming its voice assistant Siri was listening in on private conversations.
The Cupertino tech giant maintains it did nothing wrong, but agreed to the settlement last January pertaining to “unlawful and intentional recording” of users’ conversations with Siri impacting millions of users.
The suit, Lopez v. Apple, accused Apple of spying on users who had accidentally activated the voice assistant and had their conversations recorded — even without uttering the “Hey, Siri” prompt.
Anyone who purchased an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook, iMac, HomePod, iPod touch or Apple TV between Sept. 17, 2014 and Dec. 31, 2014 and experienced an unintended Siri activation was eligible for a payout. Some have been doled out via direct deposit.
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The amount paid out to individuals is capped at $20 per Siri-enabled device, according to the settlement website, with a maximum of five impacted devices per claimant.
Despite pursuing an appeal until November and ultimately agreeing to the terms of the settlement, “Apple denies all of the allegations made in the lawsuit and denies that Apple did anything improper or unlawful,” according to the website.
