“The privacy and security of our users are top priorities for Zoom, and we take seriously the trust our users place in us,” a spokesperson for the company told CNN Business. These changes are expected to include “in-meeting notifications to make it easier for users to understand who can see, save, and share Zoom users’ information” and “alerting users when a meeting host or another participant uses a third-party application during a meeting.” The video conferencing company has agreed to more than a dozen “major changes to its practices, designed to improve meeting security, bolster privacy disclosures, and safeguard consumer data,” according to the settlement documents. The FBI urged victims of “teleconference hijacking” to report any incidents to the agency. The FBI issued a warning against “zoombombing” in March 2020, citing examples of users entering meetings or virtual classrooms to shout profanities and share pornography. (FB), Google and LinkedIn as well as instances of “ zoombombing,” when an unwanted hacker joins a call. The deal is in response to a class action lawsuit over users’ concerns over the company allegedly having shared personal data with Facebook Zoom Video Communications agreed to pay $85 million in a preliminary lawsuit settlement filed Saturday afternoon.
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