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Video Privacy
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Sports Law Expert
NBA Beats Video Privacy Suit Twice On a Rule Even the Judge Applying It Doesn’t Believe In
By Holt Hackney
By Katelyn Kohler, Esq. A federal appeals panel signaled this month that it will likely hand the National Basketball Association (NBA) its second consecutive win in a long-running privacy lawsuit…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Recent Insights on Website Tracking Litigation
If 2025 was the year website-tracking claims became impossible to ignore, 2026 is the year those cases began to mature. Courts are looking beyond whether a pixel, cookie, chat tool,…
Professional Services Industry Legal Blog
Petitioner’s Definition of “Consumer” Broadens Potential VPPA Exposure
By Daniel Self
The VPPA arose from a corner video store’s disclosure of a judicial nominee’s video rentals and now may experience a renaissance in the age of targeted advertising. The VPPA functions…
Professional Services Industry Legal Blog
When Is a User a “Subscriber”? What Florida Businesses Need to Know About VPPA Consumer Status
By Daniel Self
In 2012, Congress amended the VPPA to reflect the realities of the 21st century. The amendment reflected modern society’s shift from “corner video stores,” such as Blockbuster and Redbox, to…
Professional Services Industry Legal Blog
Southern District of Florida Adopts Reasonableness Standard in VPPA Suit
By Daniel Self
The Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) penalizes sharing a consumer’s personally identifiable information that can identify that a person sought or obtained specific video content without their consent. As discussed…
CyberAdviser
Website Tracking in Limbo: SCOTUS to Clarify Video Privacy Protection Act as California Privacy Law Remains a “Total Mess”
By Nathaniel Cardinal, J. Matthew Thornton, Lexi Chapman
A sharp contrast in the speed of obtaining appellate review is emerging between two key privacy statutes. While the U.S. Supreme Court is set to resolve a circuit split over…
Consumer Class Defense Blog
Consumer Counterpoint Quick Take: What Does “Consumer” Really Mean Under the Video Privacy Protection Act?
By Kristine Argentine, Paul Yovanic Jr.
In this Quick Take Episode, we discuss the Supreme Court’s recent grant of certiorari on a Sixth Circuit decision holding that an individual who subscribes to an email newsletter is…
Privacy World
Supreme Court Agrees to Resolve VPPA Circuit Split
By Kristin Bryan, James Brennan, Nicholas Sweeney
This week, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear an appeal concerning the definition of “consumer” under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), 18 U.S.C. § 2710;…
All About Advertising Law
Supreme Court Takes Up VPPA Case With Major Implications for Digital Advertising and Privacy
The Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on the interpretation of a decades-old federal privacy statute that has found renewed relevance in the modern digital advertising ecosystem. In Salazar…
RopesDataPhiles
Supreme Court to Consider the Video Privacy Protection Act
By Fran Faircloth, Edward McNicholas, Briana Fasone
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that is expected to resolve a long-developing split among federal courts of appeals over the scope of the Video…