Paramount Global defeated a proposed class action alleging it violated the video-privacy rights of subscribers to its college-sports focused website by sharing their personal information with Facebook.
Plaintiff Michael Salazar failed to show that he was a subscriber of goods or services from a video tape services provider, a threshold requirement for stating a claim under the federal Video Privacy Protection Act, Judge Eli Richardson of the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee said Tuesday.
Richardson granted Paramount’s motion to dismiss.
Salazar alleged that Paramount installed the Facebook pixel on its 247Sports.com website, a site that provides ...
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