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While affected customers await their $20, Apple has shared a statement on how it handles user data in regard to Siri, reaffirming that voice recordings aren’t being used to sell you Air Jordans.
Apple isn’t using Siri data for ad revenue
Apple isn’t using Siri data for ad revenue
Apple released Siri in 2011 as the first built-in smart assistant for smartphones. From that moment through to today, the company has asserted that users maintain absolute privacy while using the digital assistant.
However, it wouldn’t be the United States if stories about contractors hearing conversations via Siri recordings didn’t turn into a class action lawsuit. Despite the frivolity of the lawsuit, based around users claiming Apple was selling voice recordings to ad agencies so they would see ads for shoes, it ultimately ended in a settlement.
Originally appeared here:
Apple reaffirms privacy as a tentpole feature in Siri after lawsuit settlement
