Snooping Siri: Apple hit with another privacy lawsuit, this time in France

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One complaint is against the iPhone manufacturer, who outsourced the optimization of its virtual assistant by employees who had access to private data from customers.

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Snooping Siri: Apple hit with another privacy lawsuit, this time in France

A French human rights NGO has filed a lawsuit in Paris against Apple, alleging massive collection and processing of voice recordings via the tech giant's Siri assistant, without user consent. It comes as a California court is set to rule on a similar case, where Apple has agreed to pay $95 million in settlements, without admitting wrongdoing. FRANCE 24's Tech Editor Peter O'Brien tells us more.

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The Ligue des droits de l'Homme attacks the computer giant because of recordings of private conversations by his vocal assistant.

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According to information from the Investigation Unit of Radio France and the newspaper "Le Monde", the Ligue des Droits de l'Homme (LDH) has just transmitted a report with a complaint to the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office against Apple and the mass collection of recordings of its vocal assistant Siri.

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A former employee of a subcontractor of the apple firm accuses the latter of not respecting the privacy of its users.

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The Human Rights League (LDH) has filed a complaint against Apple for “violation of privacy through non-consensual recordings” via the Siri voice assistant, the association said on Friday, confirming information from Le Monde and Radio France. Source