Apple apologizes for retaining Siri audio recordings and vows to improve privacy

Apple says it will no longer retain audio recordings of your interactions with Siri by default and has issued an apology for having done so previously. "We realize we haven't been fully living up to our high ideals, and for that we apologize," Apple stated on its website. Apple had taken a lot of heat for the practice recently following a report by the Guardian that contractors "regularly hear confidential medical information, drug deals, and recordings of couples having sex, as part of their job providing quality control, or grading'" Siri. "We know customers have been concerned … We heard their concerns," the company wrote. Apple had previously announced that it halted the grading practice, which, following software updates and other changes, will resume in the fall.