Dropout TV Owner Settles Meta Pixel Data-Sharing Class Action

Dropout TV owner Connected Ventures LLC settled a proposed class action accusing it of violating federal law by sharing its viewers’ data with Meta Platforms Inc. and others without consent.

• The parties reached a settlement in principle, according to a judge’s dismissal order filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. No information about the agreement was disclosed.
• Connected Ventures, which operates the www.dropout.tv comedy streaming platform and other content sites, installed a tracking pixel that shared viewers’ personally identifying information with third parties without their knowledge or permission , according to the July ...