Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988

May 9, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims video streaming service Viki, Inc. secretly shares subscribers’ personal data with Meta Platforms (Facebook) without consent.

February 27, 2023 A class action lawsuit alleges AMC Networks unlawfully retains AMC+ subscribers’ viewing histories and secretly transmits their personal data to Meta Platforms (Facebook) without consent.

February 6, 2023 Class actions against iHeartMedia, Inc. and DotDash Meredith, Inc. allege that the respective owners of iHeart.com and People.com secretly share digital subscribers’ personal info with Meta Platforms (Facebook) without consent.

January 27, 2023 Chick-Fil-A faces a class action that alleges the restaurant secretly shares with Facebook certain details about the videos consumers watch on Chick-Fil-A.com.

January 23, 2023 A class action alleges Times Publishing Company, owner of TampaBay.com, secretly transmits digital subscribers’ personal data to Meta Platforms (Facebook) without consent.

January 9, 2023 A class action alleges that Spine Media LLC, operator of parenting website Yourbump.com, transmits website visitors’ personal data to Facebook without consent.

November 1, 2022 A class action alleges the websites for each NFL team have unlawfully shared the personal identifying information of newsletter subscribers with Facebook without consent.

October 26, 2022 Major League Baseball’s media arm faces a class action that alleges it has illegally disclosed certain personal information of MLB.com subscribers to Meta Platforms (Facebook).

September 16, 2022 A class action alleges Buzzfeed has illegally shared HuffingtonPost.com subscribers’ identities and video viewing history with Facebook without consent.

September 13, 2022 Healthline Media faces a class action that alleges the website has illegally disclosed consumers’ personally identifiable information to Meta Platforms without consent.

August 2, 2022 A class action alleges Fandom, Inc. has violated federal law by disclosing users’ identities and video-viewing preferences to Meta Platforms (Facebook) without proper consent.

July 19, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Paramount Global Corp. has unlawfully disclosed certain information about those who watch videos on CBS.com with Facebook without consent.

June 8, 2022 The companies who operate People.com face a class action that alleges the website secretly tracks and records visitors’ video-viewing habits and shares the data with Facebook.

May 31, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Patreon has unlawfully disclosed digital subscribers’ identities and video-viewing preferences to Facebook without proper consent to do so.

April 21, 2022 A class action alleges Meta Platforms has run afoul of a federal privacy law by “broadcast[ing]” certain personally identifiable information of consumers who watch content on Facebook Live.

April 15, 2022 Political publication The Hill has violated a federal privacy law by sharing digital subscribers’ identities with Facebook without consent to do so, a class action alleges.

March 14, 2022 A class action alleges Discovery Communications unlawfully shares certain HGTV.com visitors’ personally identifiable information with Facebook without consent to do so.

March 10, 2022 A class action alleges HBO has disclosed HBO Max subscribers’ personally identifiable information to Facebook without consent to do so in an effort to enhance its own targeted advertising.

February 22, 2022 A class action alleges WebMD has disclosed the personally identifiable information of certain website visitors to Facebook in order to enhance its own targeted advertising abilities.

October 8, 2021 A class action alleges NFL Enterprises has unlawfully disclosed to unrelated third parties the personally identifiable information of NFL app users.

August 28, 2020 Class actions claim NBCUniversal has unlawfully disclosed and sold Golf Channel subscribers' viewing data without consent.