Transcription of If you used the Zoom Meetings application between March 30 ...
1 LEGAL NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. If you used the Zoom Meetings application between March 30, 2016 and July 30, 2021, a proposed class action settlement may affect your rights. A federal court authorized this Notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer. This Notice explains important legal rights you may have. Your legal rights are affected whether you act or do not act. Please read this Notice carefully. Plaintiffs and Class Representatives ( Plaintiffs ) and Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ( Zoom ) have reached a Settlement in a class action lawsuit (the Action ) entitled In re: Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Privacy Litigation, Cal.
2 Master Case No. 5:20-cv-02155-LHK. (the Settlement ). The lawsuit focuses on alleged privacy and security issues with the Zoom Meetings application ( App ). The lawsuit alleges that Zoom: (i) shared certain information with third parties, (ii) should have done more to prevent unwanted meeting disruptions by third parties, and (iii) advertised its Zoom Meetings App as being encrypted end-to-end when Plaintiffs contend it was not at that time. Zoom denies these allegations, denies any liability whatsoever, and believes that no member of the Settlement Class, including the Plaintiffs, has sustained any damages or injuries due to these allegations.
3 The Court has not decided who is right or wrong. Instead, both sides have agreed to a Settlement to resolve the dispute without further litigation risk and expense. Zoom has agreed to pay $85 million to settle the Action. As part of the Settlement, Zoom also has agreed to make certain changes to its policies and practices that benefit Settlement Class members, pursuant to Section 3 of the Settlement Agreement available at QUESTIONS? Visit or call 1-800-397-3418. 1. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT. SUBMIT A You must make a claim in order to receive a cash payment. Deadline: CLAIM FOR A To make a claim, you must submit a Claim Form by the CASH PAYMENT deadline.
4 Claim Forms can be submitted online at March 5, 2022. or by mail. For detailed information about eligibility requirements and how to file a claim, see Sections 5 and 7 below. EXCLUDE You can exclude yourself from the Settlement by informing yourself the Settlement Administrator that you want to opt out of the Settlement. If the Settlement is approved, this is the Deadline: only option that allows you to retain your rights to sue March 5, 2022. Zoom for the claims that are released by this Settlement (see Section 15 below). If you exclude yourself , however, you will not be eligible to submit a Claim Form or to receive a cash payment. For detailed information about how to exclude yourself , see Section 15 below.
5 OBJECT TO THE You may object to the Settlement by writing to the Court Deadline: SETTLEMENT and informing it why you don't think the Settlement should be approved. You can also write to the Court to provide March 5, 2022. comments or reasons why you support the Settlement. For detailed information about how to object to or comment on the Settlement, see Section 17 below. GO TO THE The Court will hold a Final Approval Hearing to consider Hearing Date: FINAL the Settlement, the request by the lawyers who brought the APPROVAL Action ( Class Counsel ) for attorneys' fees and expenses, April 7, 2022, HEARING and Plaintiffs' request for Service Payments for bringing at 1:30 the Action.
6 *But See You may, but are not required to, speak at the Final Important Note Approval Hearing about any Objection you filed. If you Below. intend to speak at the Final Approval Hearing, you must follow the procedures set forth in Sections 19 and 21 below when you serve your Objection. DO NOTHING If you do nothing, you will not be eligible to receive a cash No deadline payment. However, if the Settlement is approved by the Court, you will give up your rights to sue Zoom for claims that are released by this Settlement (see Section 9 below). *IMPORTANT NOTE: The dates and deadlines may be changed without further notice to the Settlement Class, so please check the Settlement Website, , or the Court's Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) website at to confirm that the dates have not been changed.
7 These rights and options and the deadlines to exercise them are explained in more detail below. The Court in charge of this Action still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement. Payments will be made if the Court approves the Settlement and after any appeals are resolved. Please be patient. QUESTIONS? Visit or call 1-800-397-3418. 2. WHAT THIS NOTICE CONTAINS. BACKGROUND INFORMATION .. 4. 1. Why did I get this Notice? 2. Why is this a class action? 3. What is this lawsuit about? 4. Why is there a settlement? 5. Am I part of the Settlement Class? THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT .. 7. 6. What relief does the Settlement provide to Settlement Class Members?
8 7. How do I get a Payment? 8. What am I giving up by staying in the Settlement Class? 9. What happens if I do nothing at all? 10. Will the Plaintiffs receive any compensation for their efforts in bringing this Action? 11. When will I get a payment if I submit an Approved Claim? 12. Are there other related litigations against Zoom? THE LAWYERS REPRESENTING YOU .. 10. 13. Do I have a lawyer in this case? 14. How will the lawyers be paid? HOW TO EXCLUDE yourself FROM THE SETTLEMENT .. 10. 15. How do Settlement Class Members exclude themselves from the Settlement? 16. If I do not exclude myself, can I still sue the Zoom for the same thing later?
9 HOW TO OBJECT TO THE SETTLEMENT .. 11. 17. How do I tell the Court that I do not like the Settlement? 18. What is the difference between excluding myself and objecting to the Settlement? FINAL APPROVAL HEARING .. 12. 19. When and where will the Court decide whether to approve the Settlement? 20. Do I have to come to the Final Approval Hearing? 21. May I speak at the Final Approval Hearing? GETTING MORE INFORMATION & UPDATING INFORMATION .. 13. 22. How do I get more information? 23. What if my address or other information changes after I submit a Claim Form? QUESTIONS? Visit or call 1-800-397-3418. 3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION. 1. Why did I get this Notice?
10 The Court authorized this Notice because you have a right to know about the proposed Settlement of certain claims against Zoom in this class action lawsuit and about your options before the Court decides whether to approve the Settlement. If the Court approves the Settlement and after any appeals are resolved, the Settlement Administrator will make the payments that the Settlement allows. If the Court approves the Settlement and after any appeals are resolved, you will be bound by the Judgment and terms of the Settlement, unless you timely exclude yourself ( opt out ) from the Settlement. This Notice explains the Action, the Settlement, and your legal rights and options, and the deadlines for you to exercise your rights.