Pravica Blog Zoom to pay an $85 million settlement over user privacy "Zoombombing" and data security claims

After a year and a half of hard-fought and controversial lawsuits, and months of concurrent settlement negotiations, the Parties present the Court with an agreement to settle Plaintiffs' claims against Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ("Zoom") on a nationwide, class basis. Communications Inc (ZM.O) agreed to pay $85 million and reinforce its security practices to settle the 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, where outsiders hijack Zoom meetings and display pornography, use racist language or post disturbing content. Plaintiffs allege that Zoom: (i) shared certain information with third parties, (ii) should have done more to prevent unwanted meeting disruptions by third parties, (iii) advertised its Zoom Meetings App as being encrypted "end-to-end" when Plaintiffs contend it was not at that time, and (iv) that the alleged conduct violated California state and federal laws.