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Ninth Circuit weighs applying VHS-era privacy law to online videos

By Maria Dinzeo ( August 12, 2025, 22:10 GMT | Insight) -- The Ninth Circuit court of appeals wrestled today with whether a 1988 law passed to protect video rental records should apply to Meta Platforms' tracking pixel, as a case against Healthline Media plays out against a deepening split among federal appeals courts over the Video Privacy Protection Act’s reach in the online era.A US appeals court is testing the limits of a 1988 law, meant to shield video rental records, for the digital age....

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