Apple has agreed to pay US $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other devices.
The Associated Press is reporting that the proposed settlement, filed Tuesday in an Oakland, California, federal court would resolve a five-year-old lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges that Apple surreptitiously activated Siri to record conversations through iPhones and other devices equipped with the virtual assistant for more than a decade.
The alleged recordings occurred even when people didn’t seek to activate the virtual assistant with the trigger words, “Hey, Siri.”
The lawsuit says some of the recorded conversations were then shared with advertisers in an attempt to sell their products to consumers more likely to be interested in the goods and services.
Apple isn’t acknowledging any wrongdoing in the settlement, which still must be approved by a US District Judge.
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