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Chad Eichenberger v. ESPN, Inc.
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December 04, 2017
ESPN Ruling Further Narrows Video Privacy Law's Reach
The Ninth Circuit's recent ruling that ESPN didn't violate the Video Privacy Protection Act by disclosing app users' data to an analytics company deals yet another blow to plaintiffs' efforts to expand liability under the statute to cover streaming services and other new technologies, attorneys say.
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November 29, 2017
9th Circ. Says ESPN App User's Data Isn't Personal Info
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that although an ESPN app user claiming the sports network disclosed his private information to an analytics company had standing to sue, a lower court was right to toss his suit because the information was not personally identifiable under the Video Privacy Protection Act.
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October 03, 2017
9th Circ. Judge 'Creeped Out' By ESPN, Adobe Data Swap
A Ninth Circuit judge appeared open Tuesday to reviving a putative class action alleging ESPN wrongfully disclosed app users' personal information to Adobe, saying during a hearing she's "creeped out" by companies that share viewer data to target internet advertising and suggesting it may be a privacy invasion Congress intended to prevent.
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October 03, 2017
ESPN Slams Privacy Watchdog's Brief In App User's Suit
ESPN Inc. argued Monday that the Electronic Privacy Information Center ignored crucial parts of the U.S. Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit's Spokeo rulings in its amicus brief backing an app user's suit accusing the sports network of running afoul of the Video Privacy Protection Act.
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September 29, 2017
ESPN App User Backed By Privacy Watchdog In 9th Circ. Row
Privacy watchdog the Electronic Privacy Information Center on Thursday backed up an app user accusing ESPN of running afoul of the Video Privacy Protection Act, arguing before the Ninth Circuit that Congress gave consumers standing to sue when it enacted the law.
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September 25, 2017
ESPN, App User Spar Over Spokeo's Impact On Privacy Suit
ESPN told the Ninth Circuit on Friday that an app user accusing it of Video Privacy Protection Act violations fails to allege a concrete injury under the high court's landmark Spokeo decision and the Ninth Circuit's subsequent ruling on remand, while the consumer contended that the opinions make it clear that he has standing.
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January 28, 2016
ESPN Data-Sharing Flouts Video Privacy Law, 9th Circ. Told
An ESPN app user on Wednesday increased pressure on the Ninth Circuit to revive a putative class action accusing the sports network of violating the Video Privacy Protection Act, bashing ESPN's contention that the serial numbers it shared with Adobe don't qualify as personally identifiable information.
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December 16, 2015
Serial Numbers Don't ID People, ESPN Tells 9th Circ.
ESPN Inc. said Monday that it didn't violate consumers' privacy by sharing serial numbers for their Roku video-streaming devices with Adobe Systems Inc. because those numbers aren't "personally identifiable information," urging the Ninth Circuit to affirm an order dismissing a man's proposed class action.