Zoom offers new call controls for paying clients in privacy push

The ability to select preferred datacentre locations will be available beginning April 18, said Ittelson. — Reuters

Zoom Video Communications Inc will let paying customers decide which countries their virtual meetings get routed through, a move to assuage clients worried they may be vulnerable to possible Chinese snooping.

The ability to select preferred datacentre locations will be available beginning April 18, Brendan Ittelson, Zoom chief technology officer, said Monday in a blog post. Paid users can also opt out of certain locations. Free users will be locked into datacentres in their region, which will mean a US-based datacentre for many users.