The NYC Department of Education is reversing its ban on Zoom after the company addresses its security and privacy concerns (ZM)

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• New York City schools are once again allowed to use Zoom for online learning, after the district banned the red-hot videoconferencing app in early April.
• Zoom made several fixes to address the NYC Department of Education's concerns about privacy and security for students and teachers using the tool, city officials told Chalkbeat. 
• Schools and students will now have access to Zoom through a central NYC Department of Education account with the necessary privacy and security features automatically enabled, according to a letter from NYC Department of Education Chancellor Richard A. Carranza to families.
• Zoom CEO Eric Yuan told Business Insider in April that he was working with the New York City school district to create a comprehensive, district-wide plan to use Zoom and address the district's concerns.
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New York City schools are once again allowed to use Zoom for online learning, the videoconferencing company and NYC Department of Education both said on Wednesday. The school district banned the use of Zoom for online education on April 4 over privacy and security concerns involved in using the app.

Zoom agreed to make some changes to address the city's concerns about privacy and security for students and teachers using the tool, education department officials told Chalkbeat. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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