“Apple will pay £77million to settle a court case which alleged its devices listened to their owners without their consent.
The tech giant had been accused of using its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on and record conversations for more than a decade.
The proposed settlement was filed in a California federal court and would resolve the lawsuit, which has been in the company’s in-tray for five years.
Customers with iPhones, iPads and other Apple products can request Siri’s assistance by saying ‘Hey, Siri’.
But the lawsuit alleged that the firm was obtaining user conversations even when the words were not uttered.
Some of the recordings were then shared with advertisers in an attempt to sell their products to consumers, it was alleged.
Lead plaintiff Fumiko Lopez claims she and her daughter were both recorded without their permission and went on to receive targeted promotions for products such as Nike trainers.
Apple’s legal team said it will confirm the company has ‘permanently deleted individual Siri audio recordings collected by Apple prior to October 2019’
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