Zoom Privacy and Security Guidelines

Posted on Wednesday, November 25th, 2020

What is Zoom Bombing?

Zoom bombing refers to the unwanted, disruptive behaviour of a participant(s) into a video conference call. In a typical Zoom bombing incident, a teleconferencing session is hijacked by participants engaging in behaviours that are lewd, obscene, racist, homophobic, offensive in nature or otherwise inappropriate, typically resulting in the shutdown of the session. This may include, but is not limited to, disrespectful gestures or body language, insults, display or sharing of offensive audio or visual material, inappropriate communication via chat, including sharing of malicious links or files.

Your Zoom meetings may be wide open to Zoom bombing if you don’t know how to set the host controls properly.

Review the following documents to learn how to stop bad actors and respect the privacy of meeting participants to keep your video calls on track.

Privacy and Security Guidelines for Staff

This document outlines the security and privacy safeguards that Algonquin College staff must implement when using Zoom for meetings with other colleagues or third party participants (e.g. vendors). Faculty should use the Zoom Security and Privacy Guidelines for Faculty when conducting online classes with learners.

ZOOM Security and Privacy Guidelines for Staff

Privacy and Security Guidelines for Faculty

This document outlines the security and privacy safeguards that Faculty must implement when using Zoom for conducting online classes with learners.

ZOOM Security and Privacy Guidelines for Faculty

Privacy and Security Guidelines for Employees using Zoom for Hosting Events Open to the Public

This document outlines the security and privacy safeguards that Algonquin College faculty and staff must implement to prevent and respond to Zoom bombing when using Zoom-meeting for conducting events open to the public.

Events open to the public involving a large audience are the preferred target of Zoom bombers. Where feasible and appropriate, these events should be conducted in a webinar format. If you plan to hold these events in a meeting format, follow this guide.

ZOOM Security and Privacy Guidelines for Events Open to the Public


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