Recent Seventh Circuit Decision Precludes VPPA Suit Against Sony for Data Retention

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) and Sony Network Entertainment International LLC (SNEI) won dismissal of class claims based on their alleged retention and disclosure of consumers’ personally identifiable information in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act, a federal district court ruled April 20 (Rodriguez v. Sony Computer Entm’t America LLC, N.D. Cal., No. 4:11-cv-04084-PJH).

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California based its decision in part on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s March 6 ruling in Sterk v. Redbox Automated Retail LLC, 672 F.3d 535 (7th Cir. 2012) ...