Apple could face major fine over Siri grading programApple has since changed policies around Siri grading.
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Apple is being investigated by Ireland's Data Protection Commission.
The DPC wants to determine if Apple was compliant with their GDPR obligations.
Apple could face a fine of €20m.
Although Apple has since changed its policy related to Siri grading, Ireland's Data Protection Commission is launching an inquiry to determine if the cancelled program was compliant with Apple's GDPR obligations.
According to Irish Examiner, if Apple is found guilty, it could be on the hook to pay nearly €20m, or 4% of its annual global turnover, whichever is higher.
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) is engaging with Apple to establish further details on the processing of personal data in the context of the manual transcription of audio recordings collected by their digital assistants and to establish how they believe that such processing of data is compliant with their GDPR obligations.
In July, a report reve...
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Apple could face major fine over Siri grading program
