US EditionSupreme Court to Decide How 1988 Videotape Privacy Law Applies to Online Video
The Supreme Court will determine if the Video Privacy Protection Act's consumer definition includes all goods and services or only audiovisual services, affecting data privacy scope.
- The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide how the Video Privacy Protection Act applies today, focusing on whether `consumer` covers all goods or only audiovisual services.
- Congress defined `consumer` in the Video Privacy Protection Act as `a subscriber of goods or services from a video tape service provider`, framing the law after Robert Bork's rental-records episode raised privacy concerns.
- Michael Salazar's complaint alleges he subscribed to Paramount Global's newsletter to view videos, and Salazar's lawyers say Paramount shared his Facebook ID and viewing history with Meta, while Paramount's lawyers argue he was not a `consumer` since he accessed publicly available content on the 247Sports platform.
- Justices will likely clarify consumer privacy protections for streaming-era services, reshaping how companies handling viewing data and digital services share data and face liability.
- The central question is whether the term `consumer` applies broadly or narrowly, as Salazar v. Paramount Global tests the Video Privacy Protection Act against today’s online platforms and could reshape data-sharing by media companies and social platforms.
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US Supreme Court to decide if 1988 video tape privacy law applies to internet uses
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case which asks whether the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) applies to users who sign up for newsletters from websites that use Meta’s tracking technology. The lawsuit accuses Paramount Global of violating the VPPA by disclosing digital subscribers’ identities and video media information, without proper consent, to Facebook for targeted advertising purposes. Paramount Global runs 247Sports.co…
Supreme Court to Decide If Online Video-Watching History Protected by Privacy Law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 26 agreed to hear a consumer’s class action lawsuit alleging a company violated federal law by sharing his personal information. The court will decide how a 1988 privacy law forbidding disclosure of consumers’ videotape rental histories applies to digital videos viewed on a free website. In the intervening years, consumer rentals of physical videotapes have all but disappeared, but two lower courts have held that t…
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