Zoom is considered one of the biggest winners of the corona crisis.
But in the midst of rapidly increasing popularity, the American provider of a video conferencing platform was also on the defensive because of security gaps and questionable data protection practices.
So-called “zoom bombing” became a phenomenon, ie the hijacking of video conferences by strangers.
Roland Lindner
Business correspondent in New York.
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In some cases, these unwanted guests have displayed pornography or hateful content on Zoom attendees' screens. A number of lawsuits relating to security and privacy have been filed against Zoom. A class action lawsuit in California that bundled many of those lawsuits has now resulted in a settlement. Zoom has agreed to pay $ 85 million to its customers and improve its security practices.
The subject of this lawsuit was, in addition to zoom bombing, the allegation that the company had shared personal data with Internet services such as Google, Facebook and LinkedIn. Some of the Zoom users included in the comparison should now receive 25 dollars or - if that is a larger amount - 15 percent of their fee payments. A reimbursement of up to $ 15 is provided for another group of users.