Zoom to boost security to settle US claims it misled users

Zoom said it has already put in place the security improvements required by the settlement with the commission. — Dreamstime/TNS

Zoom Video Communications Inc agreed to boost its security to settle claims it misled users about access to online meetings and other issues, the US Federal Trade Commission said.

Since at least 2016, the videoconferencing platform, which skyrocketed in popularity this year because of coronavirus lockdowns, said it offered a higher level of encryption for its meetings than it actually did and also misled participants about the level of security for storing meeting recordings, the FTC alleged Monday in a statement.