The Past: History of the VPPA. In 1987, the Washington City Paper published a profile of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork based on the titles of 146 films he and his family rented from a ...

From Magistrate Judge Virginia DeMarchi's opinion last week in M.K. v. Google LLC (N.D. Cal.): The following facts are based on the allegations of the FAC [First Amended Complaint]. In 2020, M.K ...

Customers who purchased a video game from the website of popular gaming retailer, GameStop, during the past five years could ...

i 18 U.S.C. § 2710. ii The VPPA permits disclosure of such information: (1) to the consumer; (2) with the written consent of the consumer; (3) pursuant to a federal criminal warrant, an ...

A Reagan-era law regulating VHS rentals is responsible for a wave of lawsuits claiming video-playing website that collects data is liable.

A lawsuit alleging the National Football League disclosed consumers’ video-watching habits to Meta Platforms Inc. without ...

GameStop customers may receive up to $10 as part of a privacy lawsuit settlement. Find out who qualifies and how to file a ...

National Basketball Association, 118 F.4 th 533 (2d Cir. 2024), the Seventh Circuit ruled: “The Act is aimed principally at information about videos; public disclosure of … rentals is what ...

There’s no limit to the creativity of plaintiffs’ attorneys in finding causes of action. Example: a 1980s law focused on VHS rentals.