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Technology,
Civil Litigation

Jan. 18, 2022

Apple to pay $14.8M for misleading iCloud storage claims

“Apple lacked the necessary infrastructure to provide this service at the time it sold it. Unbeknownst to plaintiffs and the putative class members, ... Apple actually stored users’ data on cloud facilities owned and operated by other entities, like Amazon, Microsoft or Google,” wrote Roy A. Katriel of The Katriel Law Firm in Del Mar.

A class of Apple Inc. customers asked a federal court to grant an unopposed motion for preliminary approval of a $14.8 million settlement to resolve claims that the company misled users about how its iCloud service stored their data.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler scheduled a hearing for the motion on Feb. 17 in San Francisco.

The motion wa...

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