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Zoom · Zoom Privacy Statement · View original document ↗

Account owner access to in-meeting messages in specific circumstances

High severity Medium confidence Explicit document language Common · 265 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

What can Zoom account owners see in messages sent to Everyone in a meeting that is recorded?
Zoom account owners can, depending on their settings, see sender and receiver information and message content for messages sent to Everyone in a meeting that is recorded.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Participants in a recorded meeting who send messages to Everyone may have those messages and their identity visible to the account owner, not just the meeting host.

Interpretive note: The excerpt references 'the following circumstances' as a list, of which only one item ('Messages sent to Everyone in a meeting that is recorded') is quoted. Other enumerated circumstances exist but are not quoted and therefore not captured in the canonical claim. The dependency on 'settings' introduces variability not fully defined in the excerpt.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1897 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Messages sent to Everyone during a recorded meeting, along with sender and receiver information, may be visible to the account owner depending on how the account is configured.

How other platforms handle this

Perplexity AI Medium

Notify us of unauthorized use of your password or account immediately.

AT&T Medium

You agree to immediately notify AT&T of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security.

Ring Medium

You choose who to share your Ring account with, and have control over which devices they can access. You can remove any shared user at any time.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Depending on their settings, account owners can see sender and receiver information, along with the content of messages sent to and from users on their account, in the following circumstances: Messages sent to Everyone in a meeting that is recorded...

Excerpt from Zoom's Privacy Statement

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Zoom Privacy Statement
Entity
Zoom
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-030804
Document ID
CA-D-00190
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
2cdaf89746b4ead6eb84dcc77d42c153ed2873fbea3fa5dae94f8a50d9833ee5
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 05:36 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Zoom
Document: Zoom Privacy Statement
Record ID: CA-P-030804
Captured: 2026-07-09 05:36:51 UTC
SHA-256: 2cdaf89746b4ead6…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/zoom/zoom-privacy-statement/provision/CA-P-030804/account-owner-access-to-in-meeting-messages-in-specific-circumstances/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
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Severity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Zoom's Account owner access to in-meeting messages in specific circumstances clause do?

Participants in a recorded meeting who send messages to Everyone may have those messages and their identity visible to the account owner, not just the meeting host.

How does this clause affect you?

Messages sent to Everyone during a recorded meeting, along with sender and receiver information, may be visible to the account owner depending on how the account is configured.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 265 platforms. See the full comparison.

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