- Apple pays $ 95 million to run a Siri-Class Case Case
- If you believe that you are eligible, submit a claim before July 2nd
- Apple has denied all wrongdoing in taking up the case
Back in January, Apple accepted to conduct a lawsuit related to its Siri Voice Assistant. The case saw some Apple device owners claiming that Siri had revealed their private conversations to advertisers after “unintended Siri activations”.
Apple refused all offense and agreed to settle the case to “avoid further litigation” (more about it below). But the result of ‘Lopez VS Apple Inc’ suit means that if you owned and used an Apple device between September 17, 2014 and 31 December 2024, you may be due to a small section of the payout.
Those who are eligible may be a line for a maximum payment of $ 100 (that’s $ 20 per unit for up to five SIRI devices). Not exactly a lottery -jackpot, but worth investigating if you think you have been influenced by unintentionally activating Siri during a private conversation during this period.
As Verge reports, many of those affected will have received an E email entitled “Lopez Voice Assistant Class Action Settlement” (from the address ‘[email protected]’). Despite sounding like spam, this is a real e email that contains details like your ‘complaint identification code’ and more.
But even if you did not receive this, you can also submit a claim. Here is a quick overview of what happened, how Apple replied, and how to submit a claim if you think you have been affected …
What happened?
The lawsuits of the trial claimed that “confidential or private communication” was “obtained by Apple and/or shared with third parties as a result of an unintended SIRI activation”. According to the Suit’s website, it took place once between September 17, 2014 and 31 December 2024.
But how? Apple has always maintained that iPhones do not ‘listen’ to their owners, except when waking words like ‘hello, siri’ is used. Well, the key is that the phrase “unintentional siri activation”.
The applicants say that Siri is not only set for private conversations by mistake – perhaps by abusing a watch word – but also used this information to subsequently trigger ads.
Again, Apple denies that this is possible, saying that “Siri data has never been used to build marketing profiles and that they have never been sold to anyone for any purpose”.
Nevertheless, as Pakinomist reported, two plaintiffs claimed that their mentions on Air Jordan -Sneakers and Olive Garden restaurants later resulted in them getting ads for these products, while another plaintiff claimed they were given advertisements for a brand name surgical treatment after talking about it with their doctor.
What did Apple say?
Despite being agreed to pay $ 95 million to settle the Siri Case, Apple was pretty bullish in his response – and admitted no offense, despite the fact that he had been running a suit.
Apple told us that “Siri data has never been used to build marketing profiles, and it has never been sold to any purpose,” added that collected data is used only to improve the virtual assistant.
In a separate statement, it added: “Apple decided this case to avoid further lawsuits so that we can move forward from concern for third-party classification, which we have already processed in 2019. We are using SIRI data to improve Siri, and we are constantly developing technologies to make Siri even more private.”
It’s pretty emphatic then, but the settlement means potentially millions of Apple unit owners may be entitled to a requirement – here’s how to check to see if you’re one of them.
How to claim
If you believe that you are eligible for a payout in the trial ‘Lopez V Apple Inc’, use the official claim form and submit it by July 2, 2025.
You must meet some fairly specific criteria for being eligible for a payout. These criteria are below and the requirement of the requirement asks you to confirm the following below oath:
- Between September 17, 2014 and 31 December 2024 you bought or owned a Siri device in the US and activated Siri on that device
- You experienced an “unintentional Siri activation” during that period
- The unintended Siri activation took place “during a conversation that should be confidential and private”
You can make claims of up to five SIRI devices – these may include iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, MacBooks, iMacs, HomePods, iPod Touch or Apple TVs.
As mentioned above, many of those who are potentially eligible will have received an E email entitled “Lopez Voice Assistant Class Action Settlement”. But you do not necessarily have to have received the e -mail to make a claim – if not, just click on “new requirements” in the claim and enter your details from there.
