{"id":268080,"date":"2025-01-03T18:47:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T18:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/how-much-money-was-the-settlement-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:49","slug":"how-much-money-was-the-settlement-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/how-much-money-was-the-settlement-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Money Was the Settlement? \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2173711613_761cd5-e1735924253324.jpeg?resize=384%2C216\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"Apple Siri Class Action Lawsuit: What Was It About?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2173711613_761cd5-e1735924253324.jpeg?resize=384%2C216 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2173711613_761cd5-e1735924253324.jpeg?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2173711613_761cd5-e1735924253324.jpeg?resize=1536%2C864 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">Apple has reportedly agreed to pay a multi-million-dollar settlement in response to a class-action lawsuit, which accused the company of using its digital assistant Siri of eavesdropping on users\u2019 conversations. The settlement was filed on December 31, 2024, according to multiple outlets, and the technology company \u201ccontinues to deny any and all alleged wrongdoing and liability, specifically denies each of the Plaintiffs\u2019 contentions and claims, and continues to deny that the Plaintiffs\u2019 claims and allegations would be suitable for class action status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">Learn about Apple\u2019s Siri class-action lawsuit below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5359170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5359170\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5359170 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2150495048.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024%2C731\" alt=\"Apple Siri Class Action Lawsuit: How Much Money Was the Settlement?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5359170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Why Was Apple Sued?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">The 5-year-old lawsuit claimed that Apple used the Siri tool to record iPhone users\u2019 conversations for a decade, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7204493\/apple-to-pay-95-million-settle-lawsuit-siri-eavesdropping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><em>TIME<\/em><\/a>. The alleged recordings happened even when users didn\u2019t begin with the phrase, \u201cHey Siri,\u201d which would automatically alert the digital assistant. The lawsuit further accused Apple of sharing its recordings with advertisers in order to sell company products to customers who were likely interested in certain services.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">The accusation directly challenged Apple\u2019s privacy guarantee. The company has promised its worldwide customer base that their stored data on Apple devices is protected.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Apple continues to deny the allegations stated in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<h2>How Much Money Was the Apple Siri Lawsuit Settlement?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">The settlement was $95 million, according to several outlets. According to court documents, the attorneys who filed the class-action lawsuit could seek up to $29 million from the settlement fund in order to cover their fees, per <em>TIME.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>How Much Could Siri Users Be Paid?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Apple might pay $20 to Siri users, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kateoflahertyuk\/2025\/01\/03\/apple-siri-eavesdropping-payout-heres-whos-eligible-and-how-to-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><em>Forbes<\/em><\/a>. People can submit a claim for up to five devices, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is the Apple Company\u2019s Net Worth?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">Although the company might pay a whopping $95 million for the lawsuit settlement, it\u2019s only a small fraction of Apple\u2019s total profits. Since September 2014, Apple has raked in more than $700 billion in revenue, according to <em>TIME<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">As for its net worth, Apple\u2019s stood at $540 billion in March 2024, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/apple-microsoft-tech-stocks-tesla-market-cap-ai-china-regulation-2024-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Business Insider<\/a>. Apple has a market cap of more than $3 trillion, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/companiesmarketcap.com\/apple\/marketcap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">CompaniesMarketCap.com <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockanalysis.com\/stocks\/aapl\/market-cap\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">StockAnalysis.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What Does Net Worth Mean?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">A company or a person\u2019s net worth is the total number of assets they own minus their liabilities.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/apple-siri-class-action-lawsuit-5359128\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: NurPhoto via Getty Images Apple has reportedly agreed to pay a multi-million-dollar settlement in response to a class-action lawsuit, which accused the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":268081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}