The case focuses on the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act, which prevents a “consumer” of video goods and services from having personally identifiable information released to a third party.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will examine the reach of a decades-old privacy law designed to protect video rental records in a case that could shape current and future lawsuits over digital tracking tools.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case testing whether a decades-old privacy law extends to consumers who subscribe to services unrelated to video content. The case stems from a lawsuit against Paramount Global by a subscriber to a college sports newsletter who alleges the company…
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on how a video rentals privacy law from the 1980s applies to the digital age. Justices on both sides expressed skepticism about how the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act, enacted in the days of VHS rentals at stores such as Blockbuster Video, applies today…
A 1988 law designed to protect the privacy of movie rentals in the age of Blockbuster Video is getting a fresh look from the Supreme Court. The justices heard arguments Wednesday in a case testing how the decades-old statute fits in the modern era of digital commerce.
WASHINGTON -- When the Senate considered President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork for a Supreme Court vacancy in 1987, a journalist in Washington obtained and published a list of nearly 150 movies the federal judge and his family had rented from a local video store.
