


However, shortly into the session, “Zoom allowed a ‘known offender’. In one incident two years ago, the Saint Paulus Lutheran Church in San Francisco was hosting a bible study class in which most of the participants were senior citizens. The settlement stems from 14 class-action complaints filed against the San Jose-based company by users between March and May of 2020, in which they argued that the company violated their privacy and security. The agreement was granted preliminary approval in October.

On Thursday, federal judge Laurel Beeler of California granted final approval to the agreement which was first filed in July. As part of the settlement agreement, Zoom Video Communications, the company behind the teleconference application that grew popular during the pandemic, will pay the $85m to users in cash compensation and also implement reforms to its business practices.
