$95M Apple Siri Settlement Seeks Preliminary Approval from Court

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Apple has agreed to pay a $95 million settlement that, if approved by the court, will resolve a proposed class action lawsuit over alleged Siri privacy violations.

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The proposed class action settlement, which awaits preliminary court approval, would resolve allegations that users of Siri-enabled devices—including iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, MacBooks, iMacs, HomePods, iPod Touches and Apple TVs—have had their private conversations recorded by Apple and shared with third parties without consent, particularly at times when Siri was activated accidentally.

The $95,000,000 Apple Siri settlement aims to cover any current or former owners or purchasers of a Siri-enabled device who reside in the United States and its territories, and whose confidential communications were obtained by Apple and/or shared with third parties as a result of an unintended Siri activation between September 17, 2014 and December 31, 2024.

The plaintiffs notified the court of the agreement with Apple, and filed an unopposed motion detailing the terms of the proposed Siri settlement, on December 31, 2024. It is now up to the court to determine whether to grant preliminary approval to the Apple Siri lawsuit settlement terms.

According to the plaintiffs’ motion, the proposed deal will provide relief to a class of tens of millions of consumers, with notice of the Apple Siri settlement to be sent to all purchasers and owners of Siri-enabled devices.

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If the deal is approved by the court, class members who submit a timely, valid claim form may be eligible to receive a pro-rated Apple Siri settlement payout based on the number of devices that experienced an unintended Siri activation, the settlement agreement says.

Per the document, class members may file a claim form for up to five Siri-enabled products for which they experienced an accidental Siri activation during a private conversation, with a $20 cap per device. Individual Apple settlement payout amounts will increase or decrease depending on the total number of submitted claims, the agreement adds.

To receive an Apple settlement payout, class members can file a claim form online through the official settlement website—LopezVoiceAssistantSettlement.com—once it is launched.

ClassAction.org will update this page if and when the official Apple settlement website goes live.

Consumers will have 135 days from the date the deal receives preliminary approval to submit a claim form for an Apple Siri settlement rebate, the document shares.

As part of the deal, the agreement relays, Apple has also agreed to permanently delete individual Siri audio recordings collected prior to October 2019 and publish a webpage explaining how consumers can opt in to the “Improve Siri” option on their device and what data the company stores from users who do so.

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