The National Basketball Association failed to convince the US Supreme Court Monday to review a lower court’s ruling that disclosing a newsletter subscriber’s video viewing history is protected by the Video Privacy Protection Act.
Michael Salazar was plausibly a consumer under the privacy statute because he received a product—a newsletter—from the sports league in exchange for his personal information, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled. Salazar went on to watch videos on the NBA’s website, and that information allegedly was disclosed to Meta Platforms Inc. through its pixel tracker.
The Sixth Circuit rejected a similar ...
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