Check your mail: You may have gotten a payment as part of a $95M Apple settlement

Did you get a check in your mailbox or an email with a payment from an Apple settlement? Don’t throw it away: It’s your cut of a $95 million class-action settlement that stems from a lawsuit alleging the tech giant’s voice assistant Siri was used to eavesdrop on private conversations.

According to the settlement administrator website, payments for the Lopez v. Apple Inc. settlement were sent last month, with distribution concluding Jan. 26. Eligible members would have had to fill out a claim form by July 2, 2025 in order to be included.

Apple last year agreed to pay $95 million the lawsuit, which alleged “unlawful and intentional recording of individuals confidential communications without their consent.”

According to court documents, the alleged recordings occurred even when people didn’t seek to activate the virtual assistant with the trigger words, “Hey, Siri.” Some of the recorded conversations were then shared with advertisers in an attempt to sell their products to consumers more likely to be interested in the goods and services, the lawsuit asserted.

Apple continues to deny the allegations.

The settlement includes anyone who purchased or owned an Apple device between Sept. 17, 2014 and Dec. 31, 2014 and experienced an unintended Siri activation “during a conversation intended to be confidential or private.” Devices included in the suit include an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook, iMac, HomePod, iPod touch or Apple TV.

How will you get your payment?

According to the administrator, all payments were distributed by Jan. 23.

“Please be patient as physical checks, ACH deposits, and digital checks can take some time to arrive,” the administrator said.

Digital checks are arriving via email.

“Please be sure to check your spam folder,” the site said. “If you selected a digital check and do not see your payment email within one week, please contact us for further investigation or reissue.”

According to court documents, payment must be accepted within 120 days, or the the funds will be forfeited.

How much money could you get?

Class members could submit claims for up to five devices, and as a result, will receive a pro rata portion of a payment up to a cap of $20 per device, the settlement website explained. Final payouts could increase or decrease depending on the total number of claims and devices.

One payment email obtained by NBC Chicago, received Feb. 3, showed a payment of $40.10.

More details on the payments and the settlements can be found here.