Chess.com Can’t Avoid Video Privacy Suit From Lesson Viewer

A Chess.com user defeated the board game site’s bid to dismiss a Video Privacy Protection Act suit he filed over its alleged disclosure of visitors’ video viewing history to third parties.

Chess.com argued that plaintiff Carson Krueger didn’t meet the statute’s definition of consumer, that it didn’t knowingly disclose personally identifying information through pixels and advertisement tracking, and that it isn’t a video tape service provider. None persuaded the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Krueger used his Chess.com account to view video chess leasons, so he’s a consumer under the law, Judge Edmond E. Chang said. ...