Here’s How to Claim Up to $100 in Apple’s Siri Settlement

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In January, Apple agreed to pay out $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit over claims its voice assistant Siri listened in on private conversations. Now, affected users have less than eight weeks to stake their claim to a slice of the cash.

The Lopez v Apple Inc. lawsuit was filed back in December, accusing Apple of recording private conversations as a result of unintended Siri activations, and then sharing that data with third parties. Two plaintiffs claim they had related advertisements served to them after having personal conversations about particular brands, with another alleging they received an ad for a medical treatment following a private discussion with a doctor.

This is not the first time Siri has been accused of eavesdropping. A whistleblower spoke to The Guardian about it in 2019, claiming external contractors assessing Siri’s effectiveness were able to listen in on everything from criminal dealings to sexual encounters.

Apple stopped using these third parties shortly after, and in settling this case, Apple also denies all wrongdoing here. An Apple spokesperson told WIRED in January that “Siri data has never been used to build marketing profiles and it has never been sold to anyone for any purpose.”

That said, Apple clearly still wants the lawsuit to go away, and—under the settlement—owners or purchasers of Siri-enabled devices who have experienced an unintended Siri activation during a private conversation could be eligible for a payment of up to $100. Each person can submit a claim of up...

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