Zoom sued for overstating, not disclosing privacy, security flawsZoom Video Communications Inc was slapped with a class action suit by one of its shareholders on Tuesday, accusing the video-conferencing app of overstating its privacy standards and failing to disclose that its service was not end-to-end encrypted. Zoom Chief Executive Officer Eric Yuan last week apologized to users, saying the company had fallen short of the community's privacy and security expectations, and was taking steps to fix the issues. Read Now »Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX recently banned its employees from using Zoom, citing “significant privacy and security concerns,” while Taiwan’s cabinet has told government agencies to stop using the app. Zoom did not respond to a Reuters request for comment, after market hours. The case number is 5:20-cv-02353 and it was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Source: Standard Digital April 08, 2020 08:37 UTC