NBA Pressed on Escape From Fan Suit Over Data Sharing With Meta

A Second Circuit panel weighing whether the NBA must face a dismissed video data-sharing class action questioned which businesses are covered by a federal video privacy law and who qualifies for its protection during oral argument Tuesday.

Plaintiff Michael Salazar asked the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to reverse the lower court’s decision to dismiss his 2022 case when he accused the league of violating a federal privacy law by sharing details of his video watch history with Meta Platforms Inc. The lower court ruled that Salazar wasn’t a covered “consumer” of “audio-visual goods or services,” but ...