HBO Max Gets Mixed Ruling on Arbitration of User Privacy Claims

WarnerMedia Direct LLC succeeded in its bid to arbitrate the video-privacy claims of three HBO Max consumers before its chosen forum, National Arbitration and Mediation, but must arbitrate the claims of two others before the American Arbitration Association, a federal court ruled.

The plaintiffs are users of Warner’s HBO Max platform who claim that the streaming service shared their video-watching histories with third parties in violation of the Video Privacy Protect Act.

They are among thousands of consumers with video-privacy claims represented by Keller Postman LLP in a mass-arbitration campaign that moved into the US District Court for the Southern ...