It is an old matter that could have strong consequences for Apple. This October 6, 2025, the Paris Prosecutor’s Office opened an official investigation into the case of listening to Siri and the Apple collection of these files generated. The procedure was entrusted to the anti-critime office, he learned political.
Follow a complaint that dates from February 2025 and presented by the Human Rights League, alerted by a former employee of an Apple subcontractor, Thomas Le Bonniec.
Human access to confidential data
In 2019, he worked for Global Technical Services, a cork -based company (where Apple’s European facilities) specialized in the treatment of thousands of Siri recordings, even during manipulation or involuntary activation, to improve the voice assistant present on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac.
This subcontractor, which was not the only one, had access to potentially sensitive and confidential files since 2014.
Despite the alerts released by Thomas Le Bonniec, several mysteries surround this case that had been classified without follow -up by the gendarme of the Irish personal data in 2022. questioned by politician after the opening of this survey, the complainant believes that we still do not know where the data is stored, nor that the people are affected by this collection.
In the spring of 2025, it was former deputy Julien Bayou (today’s lawyer) who had raided the way for a collective resource, perhaps receiving a sum of money in Apple compensation, if nevertheless, a violation was observed.
Apple states that you have never sold this data
Officially, he reiterated to our colleagues, Apple claims to have “never used Siri data to establish marketing profiles,” or for advertising. No resale of these files has been made, says the American company.
0.2% of the audio records of the applications sent to Siri, with their transcripts, were treated and preserved, had added Apple.
In a press release published in January 2025, Apple had added that it did not hold any Siri audio file “unless the user has given their agreement.” A valid statement at that time, since 2014 and 2019, this option was automatically verified in iOS confidentiality parameters. Since then it has become optional. When a new Apple device arrives, we can see a menu that asks if we want to “participate in the improvement of Siri” sharing extracts from our conversations.
Therefore, justice will try to see more clearly, especially on the issue of listening during the five years indicated by the Human Rights League and Thomas Le Bonniec.
Source: BFM TV
