Class Action
Lopez v. Apple (Siri)
Lopez v. Apple Inc.
Where it stands
Senior Judge Jeffrey S. White granted final approval of a $95 million settlement in 2025 (reported by Courthouse News on September 4, 2025). Class members could claim up to $20 per Siri device for up to five devices; counsel could seek up to $28.6 million in fees and costs and named plaintiffs up to $10,000 each.
Key ruling
Final approval of the $95 million settlement — the largest publicly confirmed U.S. voice-assistant eavesdropping recovery — over objections including from the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute.
Note on this record
Sources give slightly different final-approval dates (Courthouse News reports September 4, 2025; Scott+Scott's own release says October 2025). Treat the approval as occurring in autumn 2025.The record
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Case number
- 4:19-cv-04577-JSW
- Filed
- Filing date not established
- Defendants
- Apple Inc.
- Plaintiffs
- All current or former U.S. owners or purchasers of a Siri-enabled device whose confidential or private communications were obtained by Apple, or shared with third parties, as a result of an unintended Siri activation between September 17, 2014 and December 31, 2024.
- Technology at issue
- Apple Siri voice assistant on iPhone, HomePod, Apple Watch and other Siri-enabled devices
- Relief sought
- Damages and injunctive relief for interception and human grading of unintentionally recorded conversations; pleaded under the federal Wiretap Act and CIPA, the latter providing $5,000 per violation.
- Settlement
- $95,000,000
- Counsel of record
- Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP · Lowey Dannenberg, P.C.
Claims pleaded
Sources (3)
- Judge approves $95 million Apple settlement over Siri privacy caseCourthouse News Service · 2025-09-04
- Court Grants Final Approval of $95M Apple Siri SettlementScott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP · 2025
- Lopez Voice Assistant Settlement — official settlement websiteCourt-appointed settlement administrator
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