The Federal Trade Commission announced the deal Monday. Zoom has been accused of deceiving consumers about encryption since at least 2016 in a lawsuit lodged by the agency. It said the business kept on to cryptographic keys that allowed it to access content from the meetings of its clients, and protected meetings with a lower degree of encryption of privacy than it offered customers. “The regulators argued that Zoom was “engaged in a number of dishonest and discriminatory activities that threatened its users’ welfare. Under the deal, Zoom Video Communications Inc., headquartered in San Jose , California, will be expected to take specific steps, such as creating a privacy vulnerability resolution policy. It will be appropriate for company employees to check all programme changes for security vulnerabilities. The vote was 3-2 to propose the resolution, with Rohit Chopra and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, two Democratic commissioners of the FTC, opposing because it would not include refunds or other redress for impacted consumers. For a maximum of 30 days, the plan will be open to public comment, during which the Department will determine whether to make it final.
