Zoom Reaches $85 Million Settlement Over User Privacy, ‘Zoombombing’

Zoom Reaches $85 Million Settlement Over User Privacy, ‘Zoombombing’
Small toy figures are seen in front of a Zoom logo in this illustration picture taken on March 15, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
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Zoom Video Communications, Inc. agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn, and letting hackers disrupt Zoom meetings in a practice called “Zoombombing.”

A preliminary settlement filed on Saturday afternoon requires approval by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California.