Understanding the Lopez Voice Assistant settlement and its validity

I got an email today about this. What do I do? It’s from Lopez Voice Assistant

Yes, it’s real. There are limitations, so review the website and terms and conditions. The maximum payment is $20 per device and a limit of 5 devices, so potentially $100 USD. The payment is reduced by number of applicants.

Let’s do some math. The total amount allocated is $95 million USD. If 1,000,000 people apply and qualify, it’s $95 per person and depending on devices will be less than maximum possible settlement amount. If 100,000,000 apply, it’s less than $1 USD per device.

The bottom line, read the requirements and limitations and decide if potentially $.95 USD is worth the time and effort. Settlement could be more or could be less.

I told them they are the ones violating my rights to privacy. They sent me an email yet I never consented to sharing an email address with them , I never consented to them knowing my name and surname and I never consented to them knowing I use Apple phone. So the fact that they got all that information without my consent they are violating my rights to privacy!

Note that to make a claim, you have to file a claim form on time … and

"The Claim Form requires that you confirm or update your current contact information and confirm the following under oath: from September 17, 2014 to December 31, 2024 (i) you purchased or owned Siri Device in the United States or its territories and enabled Siri on that device, (ii) you experienced an unintended Siri activation, and (iii) the unintended Siri activation you experienced occurred during a conversation intended to be confidential or private."

https://lopezvoiceassistantsettlement.com/faqs

That is, you don't get money merely for owning a Siri-capable device, or for having it listening all of the time, waiting for you to say "Hey, Siri". Or even for it trying to interpret non-confidential conversation as a command.

You have to confirm under oath, with penalties for perjury, that there was an unintentional activation which resulted in Siri trying to interpret a confidential and private conversation as a command.

Large corporations like Apple get sued constantly by class action lawyers because they, the lawyers, get most of the settlement money while members of the class get next to nothing.

Many years ago there was a class action against Apple about an early version of System 9 just before macOS X came out. I was determined to be a member of the class. The lawyers got millions in fees. Guess what I got?

A free System 9 installation disc!

It ain’t worth it, people.

Yes it is real, here is the page to submit a claim -

https://lopezvoiceassistantsettlement.com/submit-claim

I got an email today about this. What do I do?

You start by reading the answers that have already been given. There is no need to explain this again.

Jen!1979 wrote:

It’s definitely more than a few dollars if you’ve been using Apple devices for the entire time frame. I always get the amount they say too because hardly anybody fills these forms out. People don’t realize the potential but since I started filling out every single one I get I’ve gotten over $300 just in one year.

It isn't possible to get $300 from this settlement unless you are one of the lawyers who filed the lawsuit, or one of the administrators who handle the paperwork for the claims. (A lot more than $300 will be set aside for them.)

It’s very telling when you’re calling us “woke” and to not believe everything we see when we’re literally referencing a legit case with easily verifiable information in response to a baseless assumption you made. Rather than thanking us for providing you facts and reassurance to your concerns and explaining how they are verifiable you double down.

We’re literally replying to you about your original comment and follow up comments. Simply following along it is obvious “we” and “us” would be the two people replying to you, myself and Servant of Cats.

“I simply said I’m not signing up for this.” That’s an out right lie because you got outraged and accused those involved in the lawsuit of not having your consent to email you and violating your privacy. When we explained it’s not a violation of your privacy and pointed to you to legit sources you imply it’s a scam and that we are woke.

You don’t have to file a claim for this court case, but you shouldn’t be arguing and name-calling because you are wrong in your outrage.

If you live in USA territory you might get a few bucks, you will be contacted.

Claim form for apple Siri settlement - Apple Community

Jeff Donald wrote:

Because millions of users are potentially eligible and using multiple device.

Also, keep in mind that $95 million is the Gross Settlement Amount.

Based on the proposed settlement agreement, and on a FAQ on the settlement site, it looks like

• The class action lawyers could take up to $29.6 million for themselves. (They're asking for up to 30% of the settlement as attorneys' fees, and up to $1.1 million for litigation expenses. All of this that the Court approves will come out of the $95 million.)
• The two named plaintiffs("Class Representatives") could get up to $10,000 in "Service Awards", each.
• The Settlement Administrator "has agreed to perform all settlement notice and administration duties required by the Settlement Agreement at a cost of approximately $5,975,000." Again, these fees come out of the $95 million, and actual fees could be higher if the estimate is wrong, and the Administrator can justify higher ones.

That's up to $35,595,000 "off the top". In which case there might be only $59,405,000 (total) available to make payments to people filing valid claims.

Ok, what do you want us to do about it? That site has nothing to do with Apple, if you need assistance with it you will need to contact the owner of the site and ask them.

The Judge on the case would have ordered potential victims info be provided so they could be notified. No violation of privacy.

tanakaP wrote:

That’s just an assumption, there is no evidence that was any judges order

Wrong. A copy of the Preliminary Approval Order with the judge's signature on it is available on the settlement site. Both that approval order, and the settlement agreement, call for Apple to provide contact information to the settlement administrators.