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A lawsuit claims GameStop broke federal law by sharing customer purchase data with Facebook, violating the Video Privacy ...
There is still time to claim part of a $4.5 million settlement with GameStop as part of a class action lawsuit.
The VPPA is a federal consumer privacy statute that prohibits a video tape service provider from knowingly disclosing a consumer’s personal identifiable information (“PII”) derived from ...
The VPPA may be nearly four-decades old and video-rental stores largely a thing of the past, but the rise of online content, streaming services and ancillary activities has brought with it ...
A federal appeals court said the ban on the disclosure of personal information only covers data that an ordinary person—and not a “sophisticated technology company”—could use to identify a ...
GameStop owes some gamers money over alleged privacy violations. The video game retailer agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle claims that it shared consumers’ private information with Facebook ...
In fight over video privacy, 1980s law still has teeth Jenna Greene April 4, 20253:27 PM PDTUpdated April 4, 2025 ...
This week's ruling in Paramount's favor comes around six months after a different appellate court, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, came to the opposite conclusion in a video privacy lawsuit ...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a California man against Paramount Global, owner of 247Sports. The development could make ...
The NFL and NBA may be rival leagues, but they've teamed up to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to stop hundreds of class action video privacy lawsuits against leagues, universities, media ...
An Illinois resident is asking a federal appellate court to revisit a decision that shut down his video privacy lawsuit against the National Football League.
US House of Representatives Pass the Take It Down Act By Trisha Sircar On April 28, the US House of Representatives voted 409-2 to pass S.146, the Take it Down Act.