Apple To Pay $14.8M in Class Action Settlement To Resolve Claims It Misled Users About iCloud Service

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Apple iCloud Data Storage Class Action Lawsuit Overview: 

• Who: Apple has agreed to a $14.8 million settlement with a Class of its customers. 
• Why: Customers argue Apple misled them to believe its own infrastructure would be used to store data hosted on its iCloud service. 
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court. 

Apple, Inc. has agreed to a $14.8 million settlement with customers who argue the company misled them about how their data would be stored on its iCloud service. 

Plaintiff James Stewart implored a California federal court to accept the proposed settlement agreement on the basis that it is “fair” and reasonable.” 

Stewart and Andrea Williams claimed in a 2019 class action lawsuit that Apple led them to believe it would store their data on its own infrastructure, when, in reality, the iCloud service their data was stored on was hosted by outside facilities. 

Apple had in-fact lacked the proper infrastructure to host the data on its own, despite its representations to its users, Stewart and Williams claimed. 

The place where their data was to be stored was material to customers, Stewart and Williams argued, since allowing them to handle it in the first place involves placing trust in a service provider. 

The settlement amount would compensate customers for more than 40% of what an expert had calculated they were due in damages, according to an unopposed motion for preliminary approval. 

Stewart says the agreed upon amount takes into account the “substantial” risks of litigation, which could end up leaving the class with nothing. 

Class Members will not need to file claims to receive settlement funds, since Apple keeps a record of its iCloud users, according to the motion.

Apple agreed to pay $30 million to settle a separate class action lawsuit earlier this month that argued the company failed to compensate employees for the time it took to conduct security bag checks. 

Have you given Apple permission to store your data on its iCloud service? Let us know in the comments! 

The plaintiffs are represented by Roy A. Katriel of The Katriel Law Firm PC and Azra Mehdi of The Mehdi Firm PC.

The Apple iCloud Data Storage Class Action Lawsuit is Williams, et al. v. Apple Inc., Case No. 3:19-cv-04700, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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