Zoom has reached an agreement to settle a privacy lawsuit for $85 million.

Zoom, the video conferencing company, is paying $85 million to enhance its security in order to resolve a privacy breach lawsuit. Zoom was accused of violating its users' privacy rights in this lawsuit.

According to the lawsuit, Zoom has been sharing its customers' personal data with Facebook, Google, and Linkedin. The lawsuit also claimed that hackers may easily disrupt Zoom calls, a tactic known as "Zoombombing."

In the compensation agreement, Zoom denies any wrongdoing. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, must still approve this preliminary agreement.

Zooms' paying customers in the proposed class-action lawsuit will get a 15% return on their core membership, or $25, as compensation. Other users may be eligible for up to $15, although this has yet to be confirmed.

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Zoom has also committed to strengthening its app's security features, such as notifying call participants when a host of other participants are using third-party software. Zoom will also provide specialist privacy and data management training to its workers.

Despite the fact that Zoom's subscriptions generate more than $1.3 billion in income, the plaintiffs' lawyers believe the $85 million is acceptable given the legal risks. However, there's no information on when Zoom plans to update its app with new security features.