Tubi Loses Bid to Force Video-Privacy Class Action to Arbitrator

Online streaming platform Tubi Inc. must face allegations it shared consumers’ video-viewing histories with third parties in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act in federal court rather than before an arbitrator.

Plaintiff Sylvia Campos wasn’t bound by the mandatory arbitration agreement in Tubi’s terms of service because the company couldn’t show that Campos accepted the agreement through her interactions with the Tubi mobile app, Judge John J. Tharp Jr. of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said Thursday.

Campos also provided sufficient facts to support her allegations that Tubi shared information with third parties allowing ...