Apple has been sued many times by big corporations and individuals, and most of the time, the claims are ridiculous enough to be discarded. This time around, an English businessman has taken the legal course of action after his deleted messages were found by his wife, which ultimately led to their divorce. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, communicated using iMessage on his iPhone and deleted chats with a sex worker, but the messages were discovered by his wife on the family iMac.
A man sued Apple for ending his marriage, as his wife discovered deleted messages on the family iMac
As mentioned, the man deleted the messages on his iPhone, but he was unaware that the contents would be synced with the family iMac as it was logged in with the same Apple ID. The man sued Apple, claiming that Apple did not inform users that deleting a message on one device does not delete it from all devices logged in from the same Apple ID. He told The Times newspaper that ‘If you are told a message is deleted, you are entitled to believe it’s deleted.’
Once his wife discovered the messages, she filed for divorce, and it cost the man a whopping 5 million pounds in settlements. The man states that the divorce was painful for him and that a rational conversation would have saved his marriage if the messages were not discovered. He has now sued Apple for 5 million pounds, and he intends to turn his lawsuit into a class action suit.
The man believes that Apple should have provided clear-cut information on the operation of deleting messages with a prompt saying, ‘These messages are deleted on this device only.’ If this was the case, the scene would not have reached such a conclusion. Simon Walter, the man’s lawyer told The Telegraph that ‘Apple had not been clear with users as to what happens to messages they send and receive and, importantly, delete.’
The lawyer further argued that Apple’s prompts are misleading because the messages are not deleted altogether. The operation should also respond to message deletion if the messages can be synced. Apple has not issued a statement on the scenario at this stage, but we will keep you guys in the loop with an update on the story as soon as further details are available. Do you think messages should be deleted across the board instead of being deleted on a single device? Let us know in the comments below.