{"id":608194,"date":"2021-08-01T22:06:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T02:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=608194"},"modified":"2021-08-01T22:06:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T02:06:33","slug":"zoom-settles-85m-lawsuit-regarding-violation-of-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zoom-settles-85m-lawsuit-regarding-violation-of-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom settles $85M lawsuit regarding violation of privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzoom-settles-85m-lawsuit-regarding-violation-of-privacy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=608194&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2478004\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2478004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this photo illustration a Zoom App logo is displayed on a smartphone in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:51 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, August 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Zoom has settled a privacy lawsuit for millions of dollars. The preliminary settlement was filed on Saturday, which required the video conferencing platform to fork over $85 million in a class action lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The suit claimed Zoom was sharing personal data with different social media platforms, while also allowing hackers to disrupt meetings. Part of the settlement has instructed Zoom to update its security measures and also conduct \u201cbetter training for employees on privacy and date handling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribers involved in the suit could get some refunds on their subscriptions. However, Zoom has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2478005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2478005\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2478005 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1223558987-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Australian Kayaker Murray Stewart participates in a Zoom call in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2478005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Australian Kayaker Murray Stewart participates in a Zoom call in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, the settlement still requires a judge\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/giuliani-refutes-democrat-accusations-of-crimes-in-ukraine\/\">Giuliani Refutes Democrat Accusations Of \u2018Crimes\u2019 In Ukraine<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this photo illustration a Zoom App logo is displayed on a smartphone in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY\/AFP via Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 6:51 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}