Judges Wrestle With Defining MeTV Subscribers in Privacy Dispute

Seventh Circuit judges grilled lawyers Friday about what individuals must do to become MeTV subscribers in a case alleging the television network illegally shared subscriber personal information with Meta Platforms Inc.

The issue is central to a consumer privacy class action launched by David Vance Gardner, who claimed MeTV violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by disclosing its subscribers’ personally identifiable information to Meta, which operates the Facebook social networking website. MeTV also sent Meta information about which websites its subscribers viewed. Using the data allows Meta to target individuals with specific advertisements, Gardner alleges.

A lower court bounced ...