Angelika Film Online Users Advance Suit Over Meta Info Sharing

The operator of the Angelika Film Centers theater chain must face a proposed class action alleging it shared information about the movie trailer-watching histories of its online users with Meta Platforms Inc. in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act.

Lead plaintiff Haley Berryman adequately pleaded that she was a “consumer” and that the operator, Reading International Inc., was a “video tape services provider” under the VPPA, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said Tuesday.

Berryman also pleaded sufficient facts to support her allegations under the New York Arts and ...