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Instead, the company argues that its virtual assistant has been engineered to protect user privacy from the beginning.

The litigators had alleged that Siri had eavesdropped on Apple users without their knowledge or permission.

Siri interface on iPhone display

As well as that, the lawsuit also claimed that user voice recordings were shared with advertisers.

For instance, lead plaintiff Fumiko Lopez argued that Siri recorded her and her daughter without their consent.

The couple believe they were served targeted ads after discussing various products, including Nike Air Jordans.

Siri

The tech firm has settled the lawsuit for $95 million.

Apples reputation for privacy

Apple has long built astrong reputation for user privacy.

With Siri, though, some data including audio of your requests is sent to Apples servers.

Transcripts of your audio may be stored by Apple.

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