Facing long odds at the Ninth Circuit, plaintiffs who accused the site of illegally disclosing viewing data agreed to drop their appeal. Read more on The Recorder.
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Hulu Privacy Class Appeals to 9th Circuit
This is becoming another case that just won’t quit. Nick McCann reports; Consumers who claim Hulu shared their private information with Facebook appealed their proposed class action to the 9th Circuit after a federal judge tossed the privacy lawsuit. Read more on Courthouse News. Previous coverage on this site is linked from here.
Judge Tosses Hulu Privacy Case
Maria Dinzeo reports: Persuaded by Hulu that its users could not prove that it knowingly shared their private information with Facebook, a federal judge on Tuesday tossed a proposed class action claiming the online streaming service violated the Video Privacy Protection Act. U.S. District Judge Laurel Beeler found that ultimately there is no connection between…
Judge Hints at Dismissal in Hulu Privacy Case
Maria Dinzeo reports: In grappling with online video privacy litigation invoking a decades-old privacy law, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said at a hearing Thursday that she will likely side with online streaming service Hulu that it did not disclose its users’ identities and viewing preferences to Facebook. “It just doesn’t feel like the Bork…