The court finally approves a settlement agreement that Zoom will pay about 11 billion yen for 'could not prevent Zoom bombing'



A settlement in which Zoom will pay $ 85 million in a class action by a user who has been victimized by a 'Zoom bombing' that interrupts and interferes with pornographic footage during an online conference. The agreement was finalized by Federal Judge Laurel Peeler of the District Court for the Northern District of California.

Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP and Ahdoot & Wolfson Announce Federal Court Grants Final Approval of Historic Privacy Settlement for Zoom App Users Nationwide | Business Wire

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220422005521/en/Cotchett-Pitre-McCarthy-LLP-and-Ahdoot-Wolfson-Announce-Federal-Court-Grants-Final-Approval-of-Historic-Privacy- Settlement-for-Zoom-App-Users-Nationwide

$ 85-million settlement approved in'Zoombombing' case --Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-22/zoom-settlement

Zoom agrees to'historic' $ 85m payout for graphic Zoombombing claims | Zoom | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/22/zoom-settlement-zoombombing-lawsuit



From March to May 2020, Zoom has filed a total of 14 class proceedings from victims of the 'Zoom bombing.' In one of them, the Bible Study Group of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in San Francisco was targeted and found to have been traumatized by being shown pornographic footage containing images of child sexual and physical abuse. It has been.

Plaintiffs mislead the strength of end-to-end encryption by illegally sharing data with authorized third parties such as Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn, in addition to Zoom's failure to prevent the 'Zoom bombing.' I strongly accused him of being there.

In July 2021, Zoom agreed on a preliminary settlement.

Zoom will pay a settlement of over 9 billion yen in a privacy infringement lawsuit-GIGAZINE



In response to this announcement, Zoom's lawyer, Mark Molumphy, said, 'This groundbreaking settlement provides Zoom users with a large cash collection opportunity and will implement privacy practices that will help them secure and protect them in the future. That's it. '

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