#SupremeCourt to decide how 1988 videotape #privacy #law applies to #online #vide
The Court is taking up a case on whether #Paramount violated the 1988 #VideoPrivacyProtectionAct (#VPPA) by disclosing a user’s viewing history to #Facebook.
“The disclosures occurred automatically because of the #FacebookPixel Paramount installed on its website. Facebook and Paramount then used this information to create and display targeted advertising, which increased their revenues.”
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/supreme-court-to-decide-how-1988-videotape-privacy-law-applies-to-online-video/
#VPPA
The Supreme Court will hear Salazar v. Paramount Global, a case poised to resolve a circuit split on whether email newsletter subscribers qualify as “consumers” under the VPPA.
#Litigation #VPPA #AdTech
https://www.zwillgen.com/litigation/supreme-court-to-decide-if-newsletter-subscribers-are-vppa-consumers/
Un article , de fa pocs dies, sobre la presència de #VPPA, o virus de la pesta porquina africana, a carns "irregulars" a Italia, obtinguda en mercats "informals". La detecció és molecular perque és força díficil cultivar el virus silvestre en condicions de laboratori, però exemplifica les vies informals que pot emprar el virus per arribar a nous territoris. Al final, la clau pot haver estat l'avaricia i estupidesa humanes. #brot #Catalunya #OneHealth
Ho teniem clar des de fa setmanes però mancaven dades reals obtingudes per experts no relacionats. El virus aillat en porcs senglars a Cerdanyola no s'assembla als virus de la #PPA amb els que treballa el laboratori IRTA-CReSA des de fa més de 15 anys. La #biocontenció i la #bioseguretat del centre ho feia gairebé impossible, després de la revisió de processos que es va fer. Però calia la dada freda de la seqüenciació. #transmissió #VPPA #OneHealth https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/soca-brot-pesta-procina-no-correspon-virus-irta-cresa/
Estem on estavem fa tres setmanes pel que fa a l'origen del brot del virus de la pesta porquina africana, aka, #VPPA? Aparentment sí, però absolutament no. Estem molt a la vora del final del principi. I el principi del final, destriar l'origen real, un cop eliminats els "origens" sense base probatòria, pot ser que s'allargi molt en el temps. #brot #transmissió https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/lauditoria-del-cresa-en-valida-les-installacions-pero-no-aclareix-lorigen-del-brot/
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period.pluralistic.net@web.brid.gy
2025-10-31Pluralistic: The internet was made for privacy (31 Oct 2025)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/31/losing-the-crypto-wars/
Two new court rulings narrow the scope of VPPA PII. For what this means for Pixel users and more, read our latest blog post: #VPPA #privacy #adtech https://www.zwillgen.com/litigation/vppa-gets-a-reality-check-courts-narrow-scope-of-pii/
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period.pluralistic.net@web.brid.gy
2025-02-20Pluralistic: Ad-tech targeting is an existential threat (20 Feb 2025)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/20/privacy-first-second-third/
Els virus emergents no són només són rellevants per a la salut humana. Les malalties emergents en animals afecten la #seguretatalimentària i el comerç, i poden afectar tant o més que les malalties humanes. La pesta porquina africana, o #VPPA, pot enfonsar sectors productius sencers (a Catalunya seria molt destructiva); la circulació massiva de #H5N1 #HPAI genera escassetat de carn de pollastre i ha posat el preu dels ous pels núvols; la febre aftosa impedirà exportar carn a Alemanya per mesos.
Attorneys working with ClassAction.org suspect that some companies may be violating the federal #VideoPrivacy Protection Act (#VPPA) by sharing #consumers’ #privateinformation without consent.
https://www.classaction.org/vppa-privacy-investigations
#facebook #callofduty #minecraft #dailycaller #curiositystream
#AMC to pay $8M for allegedly violating 1988 law with use of #MetaPixel
The settlement comes in response to allegations that AMC illegally shared subscribers' viewing history with tech companies like #Google, #Facebook, and X (aka #Twitter) in violation of the Video #Privacy Protection Act ( #VPPA ).
Yeah... I'm not game for that shit. #vppa #privacy https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/patreon-attacks-law-that-keeps-platforms-from-sharing-your-video-views/
Privacy matters!
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/patreon-attacks-law-that-keeps-platforms-from-sharing-your-video-views/
shouldn't the debate be about adding more types of media and information to the #VPPA law, not restricting our right to private video viewing.
Another case of the big corps being viewed as people.
Democracy is more than how we vote,
#corpsAreNotPeople #democracy
https://qoto.org/@olives/111621216456534863 I covered it a few weeks ago here. #vppa
Via @eff
Patreon Is trying to argue that Federal laws don't apply to them.
The VPPA Video Privacy Protection act, means that companies that host media, can't disclose a user's viewing history without their consent.
Patreon did exactly this, got caught, got sued, and is now trying to argue that their profit-motivated business practice is protected by the first amendment.
Good story on #VPPA cases. From the web site POV, it looks like you would be taking the biggest risk by having both a Facebook tracking "pixel" (script) and a video on the same page
https://www.businessinsider.com/vppa-privacy-legal-threat-major-brands-2023-9
tired: draft a Federal privacy law, make everybody read yet another PDF
wired: just add "Internet" to #VPPA and go home early
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