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Zoom

Video conferencing and online meeting platform widely used for remote work

🔶 Elevated Risk · Score 2.35/5
Product Details
Vendor
🇺🇸 Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
HQ Country
🇺🇸 US
Risk Level
🔶 Elevated
Open Source
No
Data Portability
Partial
Self-Hosted
No
Hosting & Jurisdiction
Data Residency
🏳️ EU/EEA
Jurisdiction Exposure
🇺🇸 US

Cloud-only. EU data routing available. E2E encryption supported.

NDSI Assessment
2.4 / 5.0 risk score
v1.0 · 2025-12-19

⚠️ Jurisdiction Risk

This product is subject to foreign jurisdiction (US), which may allow foreign authorities to compel data disclosure.

Key Concerns

  • Subject to US CLOUD Act
  • Past security incidents and scrutiny
  • E2E encryption not available for all features

NDSI Assessment Breakdown

Norwegian Digital Sovereignty Index v1.0 — Assessed 2025-12-19

Data ⚠️ 2/5

EU data routing available

Environment ⚠️ 2/5

Sustainability initiatives

Legal 🔶 3/5

Subject to CLOUD Act

Local presence ⚠️ 2/5

No Norwegian office

National security 🔶 3/5

Video calls subject to US jurisdiction

Operational ⚠️ 2/5

Cloud-only

Security ⚠️ 2/5

E2E encryption available, SOC 2

Strategic 🔶 3/5

US company, rapid growth post-pandemic

Supply chain ⚠️ 2/5

Own infrastructure plus cloud providers

Technology ⚠️ 2/5

Proprietary, interoperability limited

What You Can Do

Enable end-to-end encryption

Use E2EE for sensitive meetings

Effort: Low Impact: High

Configure EU data routing

Route meeting data through EU datacenters

Effort: Low Impact: Medium

Use Areas

Communication