Meta Pixel’s Impenetrability Dooms Personal Data Collection Case

Stock-video seller Pond5 was released from a Video Privacy Protection Act suit in New York Monday after a federal court determined that an ordinary person wouldn’t be able to use data collected by a bit of Meta Platforms Inc. code known as Pixel.

Judge Jennifer L. Rochon’s ruling denied the social media company’s bid for dismissal on one ground, standing, while granting it on the grounds that that the opacity of the information gathered meant the plaintiffs hadn’t shown the requisite injury, disclosure.

The Second Circuit effectively shut the door for Pixel-based VPPA claims, according to Rochon who sits in ...