Last week, two federal court decisions narrowed the definition of personally identifiable information (“PII”) under the Video Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2710 (“VPPA”), providing support for a more defendant-friendly interpretation of what data...

Businesses continue to be hit with wiretapping and other privacy lawsuits concerning their use of relatively common technologies on their websites and apps. Some of these lawsuits recycle old claims while others test new theories; some...

A recent class action filed in Pennsylvania federal court may signal the next round of class actions relating to websites’ use of the Meta Pixel. Since February 2022, there have been over 100 suits brought under...

A New Jersey federal court has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against multiple “smart TV” manufacturers alleging that their televisions improperly collect information on what customers are watching on their screens. The court held...

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of a Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) claim brought against ZwillGen client CNN based on its operation of the free CNN App for iPhone. Plaintiff Ryan Perry had alleged that...

The Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) limits how video tape service providers permissibly may disclose and retain a consumer’s personal information. In a case of first impression for the Ninth Circuit, on September 4, 2015...

Netflix operates the world’s largest subscription service for viewing video content. One great feature Netflix offers is the ability to use Netflix-ready devices (such as your connected television with a Netflix app) to access Netflix....

After four years of litigation, a California district court granted summary judgment for Hulu in its defense against alleged violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), finding that Plaintiffs could not establish that Hulu...

Yesterday, Judge Stanley Chesler of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed once and for all a Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) claim against Viacom based on its operation of...

In an important decision that has the potential to stem the tide of Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) lawsuits, a federal judge in the District of New Jersey dismissed on the pleadings a VPPA claim...