{"id":553,"date":"2024-01-10T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.jamk.fi\/zoom\/?page_id=553"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:20:57","slug":"privacy-and-security-in-zoom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.jamk.fi\/zoom\/en\/privacy-and-security-in-zoom\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy and security in Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Protect your privacy and ensure security when organizing and participating in Zoom meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Regularly update your internet browser on your device (usually automatic) and the Zoom app (Check for updates).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Secure your Zoom meetings with a password and\/or waiting room.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Learn to use the settings behind the Security button to limit participants’ abilities to share screens, show video, or use chat as needed. During the meeting, you can also remove individual participants using the Remove function.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Share the Zoom meeting link only with those who have registered for the meeting. Avoid sharing links publicly, such as on social media.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Do not share a Zoom link, ID number, or meeting password your have received with external parties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Participate in Zoom meetings from a quiet location where, for example, family members will not accidentally appear in the video camera view or be heard through the microphone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Use virtual backgrounds, background blur, or set up your space so that there is a wall behind you during Zoom meetings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Click the arrow next to the video camera icon and choose Choose Virtual Background<\/strong> or Blur My Background<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. If you have logged into Zoom with Jamk credentials, you can select from a few Jamk backgrounds. You can also upload your own image or video as a background.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Follow Zoom guidelines for safe online meetings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Organizing interviews with sensitive information in Zoom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    If a Zoom meeting involves sensitive information, i.e. information classified as Secret (1R), additional steps are required to organize the meeting\/interview. Such information may be revealed, for example, in interviews that involve special categories of personal data<\/a> (health information, political views, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


    Log in to the service in the Zoom application or at\u00a0    https:\/\/jamk.zoom.us<\/a>\u00a0with your Jamk credentials. The meeting is organized using the \u201cSchedule\u201d function in ”Private mode”, which prevents using AI tools and transferring the recording into Zoom cloud. The participants are invited to join using the www link to the interview. The meeting organizer is responsible for the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n