FuboTV Skirts Video Privacy Suit Over Sharing of Viewer Data

A plaintiff dropped her proposed class action accusing FuboTV Inc. of violating the federal Video Privacy Protection Act by sharing viewers’ personal information with third parties.

Named plaintiff Ne’Tosha Burdette filed a stipulation of dismissal, without prejudice, Friday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

• District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber had denied FuboTV’s motion to dismiss in June, finding the platform’s annual reports, its privacy policy, and a press report offered “sufficient circumstantial evidence” to plausibly allege it disclosed its viewers’ information in a manner noncompliant with the VPPA.
• Attorneys didn’t immediately respond to a ...