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August 05, 2024
Patreon To Pay $7.25M To End Subscribers' Video Privacy Suit
Patreon has agreed to pay $7.25 million to settle a proposed class action on behalf of 1.2 million users who claim the content subscription-based platform violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by sharing their video-watching data with Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc. without their consent, according to court documents filed Friday.
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April 12, 2024
Patreon Takes Aim At Constitutionality Of Video Privacy Law
Content monetization platform Patreon pressed a California federal judge Friday to toss a proposed class action claiming it violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by sharing members' video-watching data with Meta, arguing that the "poorly drafted" federal law unconstitutionally restricts its speech and imposes damages unrelated to any actual harm.
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January 22, 2024
Patreon Moves To Ax 'Unconstitutional' Video Privacy Suit
Content subscription platform Patreon is doubling down on its constitutional challenge to a 35-year-old privacy law that bars the unauthorized disclosure of video-viewing information, telling a California federal court that the statute restrains a "startlingly broad swath" of protected speech while doing little to protect privacy.
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February 21, 2023
Patreon To Face Video Privacy Suit
In a partial victory for two users of the membership platform Patreon, a California federal judge has denied a bid by the company to toss a proposed class action that alleges it violated the Video Privacy Protection Act when it shared video-watching data with Meta platforms.