Bandai Namco Customer Fails to Assert Proper Video Privacy Claim

Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. shook off a customer’s proposed Video Protection Privacy Act class action after a federal judge said he failed to sufficiently allege that the company is a video tape service provider under the law.

“Video games may qualify under the VPPA if they contain prerecorded content,” Judge David O. Carter of the US District Court for the Central District of California said. But plaintiff Samuel Jesse Garcia failed to state the claim beyond conclusory arguments, the court said, dismissing the case.

Garcia said he preordered a premium edition of the video game “Elden Ring” on its ...