NBA Hit With Claims It Shares Personal Information With Facebook

The NBA discloses to Facebook the identities and personal viewing information of digital subscribers to NBA.com without the users’ consent, according to a proposed class action filed in federal court in Manhattan.

Lead plaintiff Michael Salazar alleges that the NBA is violating the Video Privacy Protection Act by sharing personal information of visitors to its website and mobile app, according to the complaint filed Sept. 16 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The VPPA prohibits video tape service providers from knowingly disclosing “personally-identifying information” concerning any consumer to a third-party without the consumer’s consent. ...