A lawsuit alleging that streaming-video provider Plex Inc. violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by secretly sharing users’ streaming history with Meta Platforms Inc. was voluntarily dismissed Friday.
Plaintiff Richard Lee sued Plex in April 2024 in the US District Court for the Northern District of California alleging Plex installed a Meta tracking tool on its website, which allowed the Facebook unit to collect data about Plex’s users.
- Lee’s suit advanced in March after Judge Eumi K. Lee said he had sufficiently pleaded that Plex disclosed his personal information
- NBCUniversal Media LLC, TED Foundation, and Paramount Global are among other defendants accused of violating the VPPA by disclosing their users’ private information
- Plex also faces another proposed class action making similar claims, which is currently stayed pending settlement negotiation
Bursor & Fisher PA represents Lee. Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP represents Plex.
The case is Lee v. Plex Inc., N.D. Cal., No. 5:24-cv-02386, voluntarily dismissed 6/20/25.
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