Entries tagged with: Video Privacy Protection Act
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Senate Committee Updates ECPA, Modifies Video Privacy Law
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that updates the Electronic Privacy Communications Act and modifies the Video Privacy Protection Act. The bill generally requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant before accessing email or other electronic communications and allows...
Senate Considers Amendment to Weaken Internet Privacy Law
A senate committee is today considering changes to the Video Privacy Protection Act, a law which safeguards the video viewing records of Internet users. The amendment would allow companies to obtain blanket consent for the use of customer information in...
Federal Court Applies Video Privacy Law to Streaming Services
A federal court recently held that the Video Privacy Protection Act applied to companies that provide video streaming services over the Internet. The opinion, which is the first to address the issue, relies on the forward-looking nature of the law,...
Senate Amendment Would Weaken Video Privacy Act
The Senate is considering an amendment that would weaken the consent provision of the Video Privacy Protection Act by allowing companies such as Netflix to obtain blanket consent to routinely disclose a consumer’s video viewing records EPIC previously testified before...
EPIC to Congress: Video Act Amendments Would Weaken Online Privacy
In response to a request from Congressman Melvin Watt (D-NC), EPIC sent a letter explaining that HR 2471, a bill to amend the Video Privacy Protection Act, would reduce privacy for Internet users by weakening the consent provision in current...
Netflix Attacks Consumer Privacy Law
Today Netflix announced that it has launched a DC lobbbying campaign against a federal privacy law that protects customer video rental information. The company, which is already under fire for dramatic hikes in the subscription price of its once popular...
Video Privacy Protection Act
Introduction | History | 2011 Netflix-Backed Amendment | Cases | Resources Introduction The Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (codified at 18 U.S.C. ยง 2710 (2002)) was passed in reaction to the disclosure of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork's...
