San Jose: Zoom reaches $85M settlement in lawsuit over ‘Zoombombings’
By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for SanJoseNewsAndTalk.Com Communication platform Zoom has reached an agreement in a class-action lawsuit over how it handled user data following accusations the company violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal information with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn, and allowed hackers to disrupt Zoom meetings in a practice known as “Zoombombing.” The San Jose-based company agreed to pay $85 million, according to documents detailing the proposed settlement filed in U.S. District Court in Northern California. Zoom will also bolster its security practices to “improve meeting security, bolster privacy disclosures, and safeguard consumer data.” Subscribers between…