MeTV Watchers’ Privacy Class Action Revived by Appeals Court

The Seventh Circuit on Friday revived a proposed class action video privacy case against MeTV accusing the company of illegally sharing users’ video-viewing data with Meta Platforms Inc.

A judge in the US District for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed the initial complaint in July 2023 and threw out an amended complaint less than a year later, ruling that the claimants weren’t “subscribers” as defined by the federal Video Privacy Protection Act.

US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit judges on Friday reversed the lower court’s findings, ruling that when a user gives a video service provider “valuable ...