Apple’s $14.8 Million iCloud Storage Settlement: Here’s How to Find Out if You’re Owed Money. So, Apple was accused of not telling iCloud Plus subscribers that it used third-party servers. The settlement received final approval on Aug. 4.

The $14.8 million class-action settlement stemming from accusations that Apple surreptitiously stored iCloud subscribers’ data on third-party servers received final approval in early August. If you paid for an iCloud Plus subscription in 2015 or 2016, you might be owed part of the settlement. 

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Apple’s $14.8 Million iCloud Storage Settlement

The free version of Apple iCloud comes with 5GB of storage, but additional space requires a paid iCloud Plus subscription. In 2019, plaintiffs in Williams v. Apple filed a complaint alleging Apple used outside servers to store data but made no mention of that in its marketing materials or terms and conditions. (The current iCloud customer agreement does refer to third-party servers.)

Apple, which has not responded to a request for comment, did not admit to wrongdoing when it agreed to the settlement in January. A federal judge granted final approval on Aug. 4.

Apple denies any wrong-doing, but it has agreed to pay the sum to avoid a trial.

This website for the lawsuit explains how payment will be made.

You don’t need to take any action at this stage: those eligible for a payout will receive an email with details.

As always with class action lawsuits, don’t expect the payment to be anything significant. The lawyers take their cut off the top, and then the balance is distributed between, typically, millions of people. In this case, the awards will be prorated to your storage tier – in other words, those subscribed to the 1TB tier will receive more than those on the 50GB or 200GB tiers.

Again, visit Storage Class Action Settlement for payment details.

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