Company: ZM
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001585521-25-000202
Chunk: 51

Company: Zoom Communications, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-25
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 3
Chunk 51
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 protection, information security obligations arising from the practices in our industry or of companies similar to us.  We are also bound by other contractual obligations related to privacy, data protection, and information security, and our efforts to comply with such obligations may not be successful.  If we fall below such industry standard or cannot comply with such contractual obligations, our reputation and business may be harmed.  We also publish privacy policies, marketing materials, whitepapers and other statements, such as compliance with certain certifications or self-regulatory principles, regarding privacy, data protection, artificial intelligence and information security. Regulators in the United States have scrutinized and are increasingly scrutinizing these statements, and if these policies, materials or statements are found to be deficient, lacking in transparency, deceptive, unfair, misleading or misrepresentative of our practices, we may be subject to investigation, enforcement actions by regulators, or other adverse consequences. 

Government Inquiries and Investigations

We have in the past and may in the future receive inquiries or be subject to investigations by domestic and international government entities regarding, among other things, our privacy, data protection, and information security practices. The result of these proceedings could impact our brand reputation, subject us to monetary remedies and costs, interrupt or require us to change our business practices, divert resources and the attention of management from our business, or subject us to other remedies that adversely affect our business. We also face litigation regarding our privacy and security practices, including alleged data sharing with third parties, in various jurisdictions. See Part II, Item 1 “Legal Proceedings” for additional information. 

In June 2020, we received a grand jury subpoena from the Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorney’s Office for the EDNY, which requested information regarding our interactions with foreign governments and foreign political parties, including the Chinese government, as well as information regarding storage of and access to user data, the development and implementation of Zoom’s privacy policies, and the actions we took responding to law enforcement requests from the Chinese government. In July 2020, we received subpoenas from the Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorney’s Office for the NDCA and the SEC. Both subpoenas seek documents and information relating to various security, data protection, and privacy matters, including our encryption, and our statements relating thereto, as well as calculation of usage metrics and related public statements. In addition, the NDCA subpoena seeks information relating to any contacts between our employees and representatives of the Chinese government, and any attempted or successful influence by any foreign government in our