Erica Gann Kitaev of BakerHostetler has a recap of some privacy lawsuits in 2012: During 2012, privacy class actions continued to trend toward two major categories: 1) actions that arose out of a data breach event and 2) actions brought to prosecute an alleged consumer privacy right. Read her recap here.
Tag: Hulu
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…
Hulu Reloads Against Privacy-Invasion Suit
Nick McCann reports: Hulu urged a federal judge to dismiss claims that it tells third parties what their subscribers watch without consent. In their amended class action, six Hulu subscribers said the video site “repurposed” its browser cache so a marketing analyst service called KISSmetrics could store their private data. The class also claims Hulu shared…