


A hearing on the plaintiffs' motion for preliminary approval of the settlement is scheduled for October 21, 2021. In addition to payments, Zoom agreed to over a dozen major changes to its practices, "designed to improve meeting security, bolster privacy disclosures, and safeguard consumer data," according to the settlement. Assuming the settlement is approved by the court, the payments will apply to Zoom users nationwide. District Court for the Northern District of California, the proposed settlement will give Zoom users around $15 or $25 each, depending on whether they had a free or paid subscription between Maand July 30, 2021. As part of a class action lawsuit settlement, Zoom says it will pay $85 million to users for misleading them about offering end-to-end encryption on its videoconferencing service.Īccording to ArsTechnica, the company was accused of lying about its encryption description on its website and in a security white paper, as well as providing user data to Facebook and Google without users' permission.įiled at the U.S.
