Shout! Factory Consumers Advance Privacy Suit Over Web Tracking

Shout! Factory LLP must face a proposed class action alleging the video and music distributor disclosed consumers’ viewing histories to Meta Platforms Inc. in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act, after a federal judge refused to toss the case.

The plaintiffs’ alleged injuries were sufficient to establish standing to sue, and they adequately pleaded that Shout knowingly disclosed their personally identifiable information as required to state a VPPA claim, Judge Thomas M. Durkin of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said Monday.

Sam Welbel, Michael Archer, and Dylen Macaluso alleged that Shout incorporated tracking ...