Private data security

Zoom Scrutinized As Security Woes Mount

The New York Attorney General has inquired about Zoom’s data security strategy, as the conferencing platform comes under heavy scrutiny for its privacy policies.

The New York attorney general, Letitia James, is demanding more information about how Zoom secures user data. The inquiry comes amidst mounting public scrutiny of the web conferencing platform’s data privacy and security policies.

In a Monday letter, James questioned whether Zoom’s security protections can keep up with the spike in users, with more employees working from home over the past few weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. Almost 600,000 people downloaded the Zoom app on March 15, after social distancing orders were put in place, for instance.

“While Zoom has remediated specific reported security vulnerabilities, we would like to understand whether Zoom has undertaken a broader review of its security practices,” according to the letter obtained by the New York Times.