April 22, 2026
A California federal judge allowed invasion of privacy and Federal Wiretap Act claims against smart TV advertising company Samba TV to proceed to discovery Tuesday, ruling that a proposed class's allegations that the company collected viewing data to build viewer profiles that include their political leanings constituted actionable harm.
November 03, 2025
A group of television owners who live outside of California can't use the state's wiretap laws to sue Samba TV for allegedly intercepting their video-viewing data and have failed to adequately allege that the analytics provider is covered by federal video privacy law, a California federal judge ruled in axing a proposed class action against the company.