EVERYTHING said to SIRI goes to APPLE.

[no1_vern]

IBM bans employees from using Siri over privacy fears (Wired UK)

Siri ships everything you say to her to a big data center in Maiden, North Carolina. And the story of what really happens to all of your Siri-launched searches, e-mail messages and inappropriate jokes is a bit of a black box.

IBM CIO Jeanette Horan told MIT's Technology Review that her company has banned Siri outright because, according to the magazine, "The company worries that the spoken queries might be stored somewhere."

It turns out that Horan is right to worry. In fact, Apple's iPhone Software License Agreement spells this out: "When you use Siri or Dictation, the things you say will be recorded and sent to Apple in order to convert what you say into text," Apple says. Siri collects a bunch of other information -- names of people from your address book and other unspecified user data, all to help Siri do a better job.

How long does Apple store all of this stuff, and who gets a look at it? Well, the company doesn't actually say. Again, from the user agreement: "By using Siri or Dictation, you agree and consent to Apple's and its subsidiaries' and agents' transmission, collection, maintenance, processing, and use of this information, including your voice input and User Data, to provide and improve Siri, Dictation, and other Apple products and services."

Because some of the data that Siri collects can be very personal, the American Civil Liberties Union put out a warning about Siri on 12 May.

One hopes people haven't been TOO open with their Pron searches while using Siri.

Ostensibly it can be used to improve Siri, but what I see is a vast heap of personal information that is about to be mined by Apple affiliates. Wait! I can invest in the Apple affiliates that can have access to the Siri database!!

[tony_j15]

You think Apple is the only ones who do this? OTTOMH, I'll wager Google, Dragon Dictation, Vlingo, and the US Government already do this.
Apple is playing catch up.

[Bizkitkid2001]

This has been known for a while. Apple even explained how Siri works to all of the different tech sites and bloggers that were there after the press conference when the iPhone 4S was released. Apple has always said that Siri needs an active internet connection to be able to function because it sends data back and forth between the 4S and Apple's servers. It has also been in the EULA since day one.

From Apple's website in an answer to the question "What is Siri?"

Siri uses the processing power of the dual-core A5 chip in iPhone 4S, and it uses 3G and Wi-Fi networks to communicate rapidly with Apple’s data centers. So it can quickly understand what you say and what you’re asking for, then quickly return a response.

A seven month old article bringing up the same issue.

Siri + Apple know a lot about you, who cares about privacy? - Jon Burg's Future Visions

[tony_j15]

Consider this as well: anything you type into an Internet search engine gets recorded. Supposedly anonymously, but YMMV. This is no different.

So it all boils down to the age old dilemma: Internet or Privacy. Pick One.