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,

Apple sought to allay privacy concerns about its Siri voice assistant days after it agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit related to the feature, saying it has never sold data collected by Siri or used it for advertising purposes.

Apple said Wednesday its virtual personal assistant Siri protects users data privacy on their devices and does not send user information to marketers.