Apple (AAPL) Reaches $95M Siri Settlement Over Privacy Lawsuit

Faizan Farooque

Mon, May 12, 2025, 1:50 PM 1 min read

Apple (AAPL, Financials) agreed to settle for $95 cardinal a people enactment suit that accused its Siri dependable adjunct of signaling users without their consent. The case, Lopez v. Apple, was filed successful March 2021 and alleges Siri-enabled devices captured backstage conversations aft unintended activations.

More than a decade's worthy of Apple devices are implicated, including iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, MacBooks, iMacs, HomePods, Apple TVs, and iPod Touches. The ailment claimed that snippets of backstage conversations were inadvertently recorded and shared with 3rd parties oregon utilized to people users with ads.

The colony applies to individuals who owned oregon purchased Siri-enabled devices betwixt Sept. 17, 2014, and Dec. 31, 2024. To qualify, users indispensable state nether oath that Siri activated during a backstage speech without their intent.

Claims indispensable beryllium submitted done the authoritative Lopez Voice Assistant Settlement website by July 2, 2025. Eligible users whitethorn person up to $20 per device, capped astatine 5 devices per claimant, for a maximum payout of $100. No assertion codification is required to file.

A last support proceeding is tentatively scheduled for Aug. 1. If approved and unopposed, payments volition beryllium processed soon after. The timeline for organisation remains uncertain.

This nonfiction archetypal appeared connected GuruFocus.