Zoom has made and is continuing to make changes to its policies and practices to benefit Settlement Class Members. What Relief Does the Settlement Provide? An $85 million Settlement Fund will be set up to pay valid claims after deducting Court-approved attorneys' fees (up to $21,250,000) and expenses (up to $200,000), Plaintiffs' Service Payments, and notice and administration costs. The Settlement Class also excludes Zoom and its officers and directors, as well as the Judge or Magistrate Judge to whom the Action is assigned, and any member of those Judges' staffs or immediate family members Who is Included in the Settlement? Persons in the United States who registered, used, opened, or downloaded the Zoom Meetings App, other than through an Enterprise-Level Account or Zoom for Government Account, between Maand July 30, 2021. By entering the settlement, Zoom has not admitted liability instead, both sides have agreed to resolve the dispute to avoid further litigation risk and expense. ('Zoom'), relating to allegations brought by a number of individual Zoom users who sued on behalf of themselves and those with similar claims regarding the privacy and security of the Zoom Meetings Application ('App'). 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -Ī Settlement has been preliminarily approved by the court in a case involving Zoom Video Communications, Inc. The suit also claimed that Zoom shared users’ personal data with third-party services such as Facebook, Google and LinkedIn and that it falsely told users that its service provided end-to-end encryption, a security measure that aims to prevent outsiders from eavesdropping on online communications.SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. District Court for the Northern District of California consolidated the many complaints into a single class-action suit.

This included, for instance, posting white supremacist messages during a webinar on anti-Semitism.

In the spring of 2020, 14 class-action complaints were filed against the company over Zoombombing, a widely discussed phenomenon in the early weeks of quarantine that often involved pornography and racist language. In agreeing to settle the case, the company denied any wrongdoing. “We are proud of the advancements we have made to our platform, and look forward to continuing to innovate with privacy and security at the forefront.” “The privacy and security of our users are top priorities for Zoom, and we take seriously the trust our users place in us,” the company said in a statement.

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