In the village preliminary calculation, external the tech firm denies any wrongdoing, and claims it “recorded, disclosed to third parties, or failed to delete conversations recorded as a result of Siri activation” without consent.
Apple lawyers also say they will confirm that they “permanently deleted individual Siri audio recordings collected by Apple prior to October 2019.”
But the plaintiffs say the tech firm has recorded people activating the virtual assistant unintentionally — without using the phrase “Hey Siri” to wake it up.
They say that advertisers who received the records could then search them for keywords to better target their ads.
Lead plaintiff Fumika Lopez claims she and her daughter were recorded without their consent.
They claim that after the conversation they were shown targeted advertising products including Air Jordans., external
