Apple agreed to a settlement in which the technology firm will pay $95 million to resolve claims that its voice assistant Siri eavesdropped on user conversations.
The proposed class action lawsuit, for which a settlement was reached on Dec. 31, contended that Apple shared some of the conversations overheard by Siri with advertisers, according to the Associated Press.
The settlement is still pending approval from a federal judge, but the $95 million is expected to be distributed in $20 increments for each Siri-enabled Apple device owned or purchased between Sept. 17, 2014 and the end of last year.
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That payout is capped at $100 per household, according to Emerge.
The lawsuit, filed by the Wood Law Firm, was submitted in 2019 after a report from
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