April 01, 2015
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.
April 01, 2015
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.
February 26, 2015
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.
January 23, 2015
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.
August 27, 2014
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.
June 26, 2014
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.
June 17, 2014
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.
May 08, 2014
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.
April 30, 2014
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.
April 29, 2014
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.