Zillow Loses Early Bid to Quash Video Privacy Class Action

A class action accusing Zillow Group Inc. of violating federal video privacy law can proceed because the plaintiff showed video content was a “key element” of company’s business practices, a California federal judge ruled.

Zillow had sought to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that its zillow.com online real estate marketplace is not a “video tape service provider” and the plaintiff is not a “consumer” as defined/stipulated under the Video Privacy Protection Act.

Judge Dana M. Sabraw said plaintiff Guillermo Mata’s argument raised “factual questions” that did not need to be resolved at this time and that courts’ findings on ...