Siri: After seeing his doctor, he accuses Apple of having sent pubs on his treatment

Apple will have to answer for a collective action in justice which accuses Siri of having listened to private conversations.The complainants claim to have received targeted advertisements related to the content of their private exchanges.

Siri will process offline voice recognition.// Source: Apple

Who has never wondered if his phone listened to an indiscreet ear his private conversations?As Reuters reports, an American federal judge said this Thursday, September 2 that Apple would have to face a class action (a collective action in justice) because of the indiscretion of its vocal assistant, Siri.

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According to the account of several complainants, the system created in 2011 would have recorded private conversations of its users after an "accidental activation", and Apple would then have revealed their content to third parties - not to say to advertisers.At least that's what the complainants will try to prove, with the help of their lawyers.

Recorded medical data?

The Apple brand will therefore be continued to fail to comply with the federal law on telephone listening, the Californian law on the protection of privacy and for breach of contract.On the other hand, the complaint for unfair competition was not followed by the magistrate.

Still according to Judge Jeffrey White, the privacy of an Siri user was for example flouted after the brand sent him targeted advertisements for a "surgical treatment of a certain brand", when he hadexchanged that with his doctor about this treatment, as part of a private conversation.

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Another example taken from the complaint, two people claim to have discussed various products and brands (Air Jordan sneakers, Pit Viper and Olive Garden glasses) before receiving targeted advertisements for these products.

"Apple reproaches the complainants for not alleging the content of their communications, but the private frame alone is enough to demonstrate a reasonable wait for privacy," said the judge.

Note that it is not because a trial is brought to a brand that it is automatically judged and guilty.This first judgment simply validates the fact that a trial will take place to determine whether or not Apple is faulty.

Furthermore, Apple's arguments should be recalled in privacy.On the one hand, the firm has always claimed that if Siri could sometimes listen to by mistake, the contents were anonymized.On the other hand, Apple did not build its economic model on targeted advertising and has always hammered the fact that it did not sell user data to advertisers.

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