Nick McCann reports: Hulu asked a federal judge to take its side in the class action alleging illegal disclosure of viewer data to Facebook and a business-analytics service. Joseph Garvey is the lead plaintiff in the February 2012 lawsuit claiming that Hulu “repurposed” its browser cache so marketing-analysis services could store users’ private data. While…
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Hulu Asks Judge To Dismiss Video Privacy Class-Action
Wendy Davis reports: Hulu argues in new court papers that a lawsuit accusing it of violating a federal video privacy law should be dismissed on the ground that the Web users who filed suit didn’t suffer any injuries. Read more on MediaPost.
Hulu’s attempt to dismiss privacy lawsuit fails
Hulu’s attempt to dismiss a consolidated class action complaint alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) failed when federal Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler denied their motion on Friday. The lawsuit (previous coverage) is one of a few that were filed over the use of re-spawning cookies (“supercookies”). In this case, the plaintiffs allege…
Hulu privacy class action deferred; Online industry awaits Supreme Court decision on class actions
Chris Rizo reports: The federal court decision in a putative class-action lawsuit accusing online-video provider Hulu of wrongfully disclosing subscribers’ viewing data was deferred pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a seemingly unrelated case that has some of the nation’s largest online companies on edge. The fate of the closely watched privacy class action…