Peacock TV Hit With Class Action Over Sharing of Video Info

Peacock TV LLC illegally disclosed the video viewing histories of website visitors to Facebook in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act, a new proposed federal class action said.

Scott Shapiro, Corey Amundson, and Tanya Marshall alleged that Peacock installed the Facebook pixel on its website, a snippet of computer code allowing Facebook to collect information that personally identifies subscribers and the videos they request or obtain.

The lawsuit is the latest in a wave of litigation against media companies that provide video content on their websites and allegedly disclose the viewing history of visitors to Facebook, Google, ...