Google Beats Class Action Over Retention of Video-Viewing Info

Google LLC defeated a proposed class action alleging it retained information about users’ video-watching histories in violation of video-privacy laws in New York and Minnesota.

Neither of the laws on which the plaintiffs based their claims—the New York Video Consumer Privacy Act and the Minnesota Video Privacy Law—contained a private right of action for Google’s alleged violations, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said Monday.

Finding that the plaintiffs failed to state a claim as a matter of law, Rogers granted Google’s motion to dismiss without leave to amend.

Burke Minahan, ...