Apple has affirmed its Siri privacy policies following a lawsuit settlement that revived rumors that the voice assistant was spying on users. "Apple has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles, never made it available for advertising, and never sold it to anyone for any purpose," said a statement published on Wednesday.

Apple clarified on Wednesday that it has never sold the data collected by its Siri voice assistant or used it to create marketing profiles, just days after settling a case in which it faced such accusations.

Apple is refuting rumors that it ever let advertisers target users based on Siri recordings in a statement published Wednesday evening describing how Siri works and what it does with data. The section specifically responding to the rumors reads: Apple has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles,

The company said it has never sold data collected by Siri or used it for advertising purposes.

Apple claims it doesn't record Siri interactions unless users voluntarily opt-in to improve the voice assistant.

Apple recently agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it shared accidental Siri recordings with third-party companies for marketing purposes.