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Zoom Breaches Data Privacy; Agrees For Settlement Fee Of $85 Mn
Following a lawsuit that was slapped on Zoom claiming it stealthily transferred the users' personal data to Facebook, Google, and Linkedin, the platform has agreed to pay a settlement fee of $85 million in the USA on August 1. The money will be used to set up ''a non-reversionary cash fund to pay valid claims, notice, any attorneys' fees.'' The settlement is yet to be approved by the court.
Tags: Zoom, VIDEO CONFERENCE, Video call, lawsuit, Data Privacy
Courtesy: The Times of India
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WhatsApp's New Joinable Group Call Now Lets You Drop, Rejoin Anytime
The facebook-owned messaging platform, WhatsApp has announced a new feature that will allow users to join a group call in the middle of it and at their preferred time. This new feature has been effective from July 20. WhatsApp group calls will show a similar feature of Zoom and Google Meet which allows users to join on their preferences. Users can drop and rejoin the call at their convenience.
Tags: WhatsApp, New Features, Zoom, google meet, group call
Courtesy: The Verge
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Report Says Zoom Users Anxious During Calls, Technical Glitches
Results from a survey conducted by a UK-based design agency Buffalo 7 has revealed over 70% of the video-conferencing app Zoom users faced a "Zoom Anxiety". Not knowing to fix a technical issue, presenting on a video call, and being unable to read the caller’s body language have been the major reasons cited by the subjects. Moreover, respondents have felt Zoom calls worse than telephonic calls and in-person meetings.
Tags: Zoom, Covid-19, Anxiety Disorder, Coronavirus Pandemic, Pandemic impact
Courtesy: The Hindu
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Zoom To Tighten Security With End-To-End Encryption
Addressing the security concerns, Zoom has announced that it will provide an end-to-end encryption feature for video-conferencing of upto 200 people. Moreover, the video-conferencing app has said that the service will be available for both fee-paying and free customers. With end-to-end encryption, features like joining before host, streaming, recording and few others will be disabled. The company said that the new service will be available… read-more
Tags: Zoom, Video Conferencing, End-To-End Encryption, Security
Courtesy: NDTV
