Apple has agreed to pay $95 million 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.
The claimants also allege voice recordings were shared with advertisers.
In the preliminary settlement, the tech firm denies any wrongdoing, as well as claims that it "recorded, disclosed to third parties, or failed to delete, conversations recorded as the result of a Siri activation" without consent.
Apple's lawyers also say they will confirm they have "permanently deleted individual Siri audio recordings collected by Apple prior to October 2019".
But the claimants say the tech firm recorded people who activated the virtual assistant unintentionally - without using the phrase "Hey, Siri" to wake it.
The lead plaintiff Fumiko Lopez claims she and her daughter were served targeted ads after talking about products including Air Jordans.
Apple has proposed a decision date of February 14 in the court in Northern California.
According to the court documents, each claimant - who has to be based in the US - could be paid up to $20 per Siri-enabled device they owned between 2014 and 2019.
In this case, the lawyers could take 30 per cent of the fee plus expenses - which comes to just under $30 million.
By settling, Apple not only denies wrongdoing, but it also avoids the risk of facing a court case which could potentially mean a much larger pay out.
The same law firm is suing Google in a similar class action, accusing it of listening to customers using Google devices.
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