The Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), a federal statute enacted in 1988, is gaining new relevance in recent years as plaintiffs bring lawsuits with the goal of enforcing online privacy rights. 2024 saw a continuation of...more
How could an obscure privacy law from 1988 majorly disrupt online video streaming as we know it and make tech giants like Meta and Netflix targets of class action lawsuits?...more
On October 15, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion in Salazar, et al. v. National Basketball Association, Docket No. 23-1147, a class action lawsuit brought under the Video...more
What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less - Plaintiffs are making new use of an old statute, the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), to challenge the use of pixel technology across a variety of websites that provide online...more
Over the past year, website operators have experienced a proliferation of lawsuits under the Federal Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), a Reagan-era statute prohibiting the nonconsensual disclosure of an individual’s...more
The Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) was enacted in 1988, and provides that a video tape service provider who knowingly discloses the personally identifiable information concerning any consumer of such provider shall be...more
The proliferation of privacy-related law suits filed against a wide range of companies related to website tracking/analytics will continue in 2023, joining robocall and biometric privacy disputes. Join Kelley Drye Privacy...more
In May, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Spokeo v. Robins, providing guidance on the “injury-in-fact” aspect of the constitutional standing requirement for putative class action plaintiffs. 136 S. Ct. 1540...more