Video Privacy Protection Act

On July 28, 2022, a federal judge approved TikTok’s $92 million class action settlement of various privacy claims made under state and federal law, which will resolve litigation that began in 2019 and involved claims that TikTok violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act and the federal Video Privacy Protection Act.
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On October 8, 2014, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted Cartoon Network, Inc.’s (“Cartoon Network’s”) motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging that Cartoon Network’s mobile app impermissibly disclosed users’ personally identifiable information (“PII”) to a third party data analytics company under the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”).

Continue Reading Federal District Court Grants Motion to Dismiss a Class Action Alleging Impermissible Sharing of Personal Information Under the Video Privacy Protection Act

On August 10, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied Hulu’s motion to dismiss a claim that the online streaming video provider transmitted users’ personal information to third parties in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act.
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On December 1, 2011, a federal judge in California ordered mediation for a consolidated litigation against Netflix over alleged Video Privacy Protection Act violations. Less than a week later the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Netflix-backed amendment to the VPPA.
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On June 15, 2011, Senators Al Franken and Richard Blumenthal introduced a bill intended to “close current loopholes in federal law to ensure that consumers know what location information is being collected about them and allow them to decide if they want to share it.”

Continue Reading Senators Franken and Blumenthal Co-Sponsor Location Privacy Protection Act