To settle a lawsuit alleging that it violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn, as well as allowing hackers to disrupt Zoom meetings in a practice known as Zoombombing, Zoom Video Communications Inc agreed to pay $85 million and strengthen its security practices.
Subscribers in the proposed class action might get a 15% refund on their basic memberships or $25, whichever is greater, while others could get up to $15. Zoom committed to take security steps such as notifying users when meeting hosts or other participants use third-party applications in meetings, as well as providing specialized privacy and data management training to workers.
Despite the fact that class members paid Zoom $1.3 billion in Zoom Meetings subscriptions, the plaintiffs’ lawyers said the $85 million settlement was acceptable given the lawsuit risks. They plan to seek legal fees of up to $21.25 million. Outsiders who hijack Zoom meetings and exhibit pornography, use racist language, or upload other objectionable information is known as Zoombombing.