Apple has been accused of listening to users through Siri.

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit that claims some of its devices unlawfully listened to and recorded users.

In particular, the allegations state that the tech giant was eavesdropping on customers' conversations through the virtual assistant Siri, as reported by BBC.

The plaintiffs also assert that voice recordings were passed on to advertisers.

The company itself denies any wrongdoing and claims that it did not "record, disclose to third parties, or fail to delete conversations activated by Siri" without users' consent.

Apple's attorneys also promise to confirm that they "permanently deleted individual Siri audio recordings collected by Apple before October 2019."

However, the plaintiffs argue that the company recorded individuals who unintentionally activated the virtual assistant, without using the wake phrase Hey, Siri, which is required to activate the program.

According to them, advertisers who received the recordings could subsequently search for keywords for targeted advertising.

The lead plaintiff, Fumiko Lopez, claims that she and her daughter were recorded without their consent. Lopez and her daughter state that after conversations about certain products, including Air Jordans sneakers, they were shown targeted advertisements for those items.

Apple has proposed to reach a final decision on this lawsuit in a Northern California court on February 14.

Since this is a class-action lawsuit, if successful, the awarded money will be distributed among all plaintiffs.

According to court documents, each plaintiff residing in the U.S. could receive up to $20 for each Siri-enabled device they owned between 2014 and 2019.

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