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#SupremeCourt to decide how 1988 videotape #privacy #law applies to #online #vide
The Court is taking up a case on whether #Paramount violated the 1988 #VideoPrivacyProtectionAct (#VPPA) by disclosing a user’s viewing history to #Facebook.
“The disclosures occurred automatically because of the #FacebookPixel Paramount installed on its website. Facebook and Paramount then used this information to create and display targeted advertising, which increased their revenues.”
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/supreme-court-to-decide-how-1988-videotape-privacy-law-applies-to-online-video/

Supreme Court to decide how 1988 videotape privacy law applies to online video

Salazar v. Paramount hinges on video privacy law's definition of "consumer."

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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period.Oct 31

Pluralistic: The internet was made for privacy (31 Oct 2025)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/31/losing-the-crypto-wars/

Pluralistic: The internet was made for privacy (31 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Hans Apr 9, 2023

@pluralistic

Weil es mir aufgefallen ist, hier mal auf deutsch:

"US-Bundesgesetze zum #Datenschutz, ein so exklusiver Club, dass er zwei Hauptmitglieder hat: Das #VideoPrivacyProtectionAct aus dem Jahr 1986 (das die Weitergabe von Porno-Vermietungsdaten an den Kongress verbietet) und das #COPPA aus dem Jahr 1998, das das Sammeln von Daten über Kinder unter 13 Jahren ohne elterliche Zustimmung verbietet. "

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Cory Doctorow Apr 9, 2023

US federal #privacy laws, a club so exclusive it has two main members: 1986's #VideoPrivacyProtectionAct (banning leaks of Congress's porn-rental records) and 1998's #COPPA, banning data-collection on under-13s without parental consent.

https://doctorow.medium.com/how-to-make-a-child-safe-tiktok-be08fbf94b0d

How To Make a Child-Safe TikTok - Cory Doctorow - Medium

Have you tried not spying on kids?. “How To Make a Child-Safe TikTok” is published by Cory Doctorow.

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