---
type: concept
title: Data-Privacy Compliant Zoom Configuration
tags: [gdpr, security, configuration, zoom]
related: [zoom]
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_webdienste_webkonferenz_zoom.md"]
created: 2026-07-01
updated: 2026-07-01
---

# Data-Privacy Compliant Zoom Configuration

To ensure that Zoom is used in accordance with university data protection standards, hosts are required to manually configure their accounts.

## Mandatory Security Settings
The following options should be **enabled (ON)**:
- Require all meetings to be secured with a security option.
- **Waiting Room**.
- Passcode for newly scheduled meetings.
- Passcode for instant meetings.
- Passcode for Personal Meeting ID (PMI).
- Passcode for phone participants.
- Restrict Web Client participation to authorized users only.
- Restrict participation by country/region (where possible).
- **End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)**: Use "Advanced Encryption" at minimum. *Note: E2EE disables some features, such as phone dial-in.*
- Mute all participants upon joining.
- Virtual Backgrounds.

## Settings to Disable or Limit
The following options should be **disabled (OFF)** or used only when strictly necessary:
- **Automatic Video**: Disable moderator and participant video.
- **Feedback**: Disable "Feedback to Zoom" and "Meeting Feedback Survey."
- **Chat & File Transfer**: Enable only if the function is required for the session.
- **Screen Sharing**: Generally prohibit for participants; enable only for the host/moderator.
- **Advanced Tools**: Enable Annotation, Whiteboard, Remote Control, and Co-Moderator only if specifically needed.
- **Re-entry**: Disable allowing removed participants to rejoin.
- **Camera Remote Control**: Disable.

## Audio Configuration
- **Audio Type**: Select only the minimum required options.
