Apple sued for allegedly misleading consumers over iCloud+ privacy feature in class-action complaint
A California man alleges Apple misled iCloud+ users about IP‑address privacy, seeking damages and an injunction.Summary
A California resident, Edward Rickman, filed a proposed class‑action suit in federal court claiming that Apple’s iCloud+ subscription, which includes Private Relay, falsely promised to hide users’ IP addresses and browsing activity in Safari. The complaint alleges that flaws in Apple’s WebKit and recent iOS updates allow websites to see real IP addresses even when Private Relay is enabled, undermining the dual‑relay design Apple advertised. Apple has defended the feature as encrypting traffic so no party, including Apple, can see both the user and destination, but the lawsuit argues that the promise was never true and that users were misled. The suit seeks an injunction, attorneys’ fees, and at least $5 million in relief for all U.S. iCloud+ subscribers who enabled Private Relay during the specified period, following a prior $250 million settlement over Siri AI misrepresentation.
(Source：New York Post)