The tech giant Apple is keeping data collected by voice driven Siri service for up to two years before it's deleted. However, the datas are anonymized before it's stored.
The sole purpose of collecting the data is to enhance the service according to Apple spokeswoman Turday Muller.
Voice data stored by Apple are categorized by random numbers to show the user who recorded it. However, the number is not linked to an Apple ID, email address, or anything else that could be make the person identifiable.
Six month later, the data is "disassociated" from that random number. However, the contents of that voice data still remain on their servers.
These concerns has led company such as IBM to ban Siri on its corporate network as the company is known for being very conservative with security.
According to ZDnet's interview with Nicole Ozer, the technology and civil liberties policy director at the ACLU of Northern California "Apple can be collecting personal information about who you are, who you know, where you go and what you do," Nicoled said.
However, if a user turns off Siri on their device, their randomized identifier is deleted as well as any data linked to it.
Siri was originally introduced as an iOS application available in the App Store by Siri, Inc., which was acquired by Apple on April 28, 2010.
