Sony Beats Back Video Privacy Case on Appeal

Ross Todd reports:

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit doesn’t seem to be looking at cases under a 1980s video privacy law any more kindly than judges in the Northern District of California.

A three judge Ninth Circuit panel handed a win on Friday to Sony Computer and Playstation Network, finding that the Video Privacy Protection Act doesn’t give plaintiffs a private right to sue to enforce its requirements about the retention of personally identifiable information (PII).

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