Apple has affirmed its Siri privacy policies following a lawsuit settlement that revived rumors that the voice assistant was spying on users. "Apple has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles,

Apple is refuting rumors that it ever let advertisers target users based on Siri recordings in a statement published Wednesday evening describing how Siri works and what it does with data. The section specifically responding to the rumors reads: Apple has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles,

An Apple spokesperson told Tom's Guide that Siri had never been used to build marketing profiles or sell information. The spokesperson stated that "Apple settled this case to avoid additional litigation so we can move forward from concerns about third-party grading that we already addressed in 2019."

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million in a class-action settlement alleging that private Siri conversations were inadvertently recorded and listened to by third-party contractors.

Apple said Wednesday its virtual personal assistant Siri protects users data privacy on their devices and does not send user information to marketers.

Apple claims it doesn't record Siri interactions unless users voluntarily opt-in to improve the voice assistant.

The company said it has never sold data collected by Siri or used it for advertising purposes.

Apple has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles, never made it available for advertising, and never sold it to anyone for any purpose.'

Apple denied its digital voice assistant Siri poses any privacy concerns — one week after it agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit tied to the software tool. “Apple has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles,