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August 9, 2023

Zoom's Altered User Policy Language Raises Alarm over Privacy Rights, Use of User Data in AI
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The video conferencing software Zoom has come under fire after it
changed its user policy, opening the door for the company to use
consumer data to train its AI system. Zoom responded to the backlash
Monday by denying the company would use video or chat content for AI
training without consent. But digital rights advocates say Zoom could
still take the data for other purposes and that users may not easily be
able to opt out of AI use if a call host chooses to allow it, or is not
aware of it. In 2020, Democrats called for the FTC to look into Zoom's
privacy policies, accusing it of misleading customers on the security of
its encryption.

In related news, Zoom, an early hallmark of pandemic-era remote work, is
facing backlash from employees after announcing it will require workers
within a 50-mile radius of its offices to return to on-site work two
days per week.


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