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IN RE HULU PRIVACY LITIGATION

  1. April 01, 2015

    Hulu's Win Won't Halt Video Privacy Class Actions

    A California federal judge on Wednesday let Hulu LLC off the hook in a suit alleging it violated the Video Privacy Protection Act after ruling the video-streaming provider didn't know that Facebook Inc. could use its data to identify users, but the win turned on the facts of the case, attorneys say, and won't shut the door to future class actions.

  2. April 01, 2015

    Hulu Beats Viewers' Facebook Privacy Class Action

    Hulu LLC didn't know that Facebook Inc. could use the data the online video-streaming site provided to match individual users with specific videos they watched, according to a California federal judge's order granting Hulu's motion for summary judgment in a proposed class action on Tuesday.

  3. February 26, 2015

    Hulu Viewers' Privacy Class Action In Doubt, Judge Says

    A California federal judge said Thursday that she would likely grant Hulu LLC the win in a proposed class action accusing the company of violating the Video Privacy Protection Act by revealing users' viewing habits, saying the plaintiffs lack evidence of a clear disclosure under the law.

  4. January 23, 2015

    Hulu Viewers Say Actual Knowledge Preserves Privacy Claims

    Consumers pursuing a class action accusing Hulu LLC of illegally sharing their personal data fired back at the video streaming service on Thursday, urging a California federal judge to preserve their remaining claims because Hulu had actual knowledge the information would be disclosed to Facebook Inc.

  5. August 27, 2014

    Hulu Looks To Finish Off Privacy Suit Over Facebook 'Likes'

    Hulu LLC moved on Tuesday to toss what remains of a suit brought by a putative class of users unhappy that it is sharing their information with third parties, hitting back at arguments that the presence of Facebook Inc.'s "Like" button violates a federal privacy law.

  6. June 26, 2014

    Hulu Ruling Casts Doubt On Large-Scale Privacy Class Actions

    In refusing to certify a putative class action against Hulu LLC, a California magistrate judge dealt a blow to plaintiffs' hopes that they could rely on self-reporting to identify class members in privacy lawsuits, a setback that may force them to significantly narrow class definitions to secure certification.

  7. June 17, 2014

    Hulu Users Denied Class Cert. In Video Privacy Suit

    A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to certify a class action accusing Hulu LLC of violating the Video Privacy Protection Act by sharing viewers' information with third parties, concluding that there was no clearly objective way to determine which users' data could have been obtained by Facebook Inc. 

  8. May 08, 2014

    Hulu Inc. Privacy Class Rethinks Scope After Case Trim

    A proposed class of Hulu LLC viewers who say the video streaming site violated federal privacy laws by sharing their information with third parties told a California federal judge on Thursday that they would focus on certifying a class of Facebook Inc. users after the judge trimmed their claims last week.

  9. April 30, 2014

    Hulu Ruling Offers Privacy Plaintiffs New Route To Victory

    A California federal judge found Monday that Hulu LLC may have violated the Video Privacy Protection Act even if the unique identifiers it shared with Facebook Inc. did not contain users' actual names, widening the pathway for plaintiffs to bring suits under the VPPA and other statutes that prohibit the misuse of personally identifiable information.

  10. April 29, 2014

    Hulu Users' Claims Trimmed In Info-Sharing Class Action

    A California federal judge on Monday partially dismissed a putative class action accusing Hulu Inc. of violating federal law by sharing viewers' information with third parties, finding the disclosures to a metrics company were anonymous, but the information shared with Facebook Inc. may have been tied to a user.

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