In the preliminary settlement,, external the tech firm denies any wrongdoing, as well as claims that it “recorded, disclosed to third parties, or failed to delete, conversations recorded as the result of a Siri activation” without consent.
Apple’s lawyers also say they will confirm they have “permanently deleted individual Siri audio recordings collected by Apple prior to October 2019”.
But the claimants say the tech firm recorded people who activated the virtual assistant unintentionally – without using the phrase “Hey, Siri” to wake it.
They say advertisers who received the recordings could then look for keywords in them to better target ads.
The lead plaintiff Fumiko Lopez claims she and her daughter were both recorded without their consent.
They allege they were served targeted ads after talking about products including Air Jordans., external
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