The lawsuit was launched five years ago after a UK newspaper reported that Apple was employing people to listen into private conversations

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of betraying to its long-standing commitment to personal privacy. Here's how how much money you might get if impacted.

Apple clarified on Wednesday that it has never sold the data collected by its Siri voice assistant or used it to create marketing profiles, just days after settling a case in which it faced such accusations.

Apple has decided to settle a five-year-old class action lawsuit accusing the company of using Siri to eavesdrop on conversations — and millions of iPhone users could soon qualify for a portion of the payout.

The case raised some important privacy issues and may make it possible to be paid up to $20 per Siri-equipped device from September 2014 through the end of 2024.The proposed

The suit claims Siri can be accidentally activated and then record parts of people's conversations without their consent.

Apple has agreed to pay $95m (£77m) to settle a court case alleging some of its devices were listening to people without their permission. The tech giant was accused of eavesdropping on its customers through its virtual assistant Siri.