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Atlantic Monthly Sharing of Video Viewing Information Class Action
This privacy class action brings suit against the Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC, alleging it has revealed consumers’ video viewing histories to Meta Platforms, Inc., which passes the information to its Facebook website. The complaint alleges this violates a law called the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). Read more
Newsmax Sharing of Magazine Subscriber Information PPPA Class Action
This privacy class action brings suit against Newsmax Media, Inc., alleging that it has unlawfully disclosed the Private Reading information of its Newsmax magazine subscribers to others, without their consent. The complaint alleges that Newsmax has thus violated Michigan’s Preservation of Personal Privacy Act (PPPA), which attempts to keep this kind of information confidential. Read more
Michigan Farmer Magazine Subscriber Information Shared PPPA Class Action
Informa Media, Inc., which was formerly known as Penton Media, Inc., publishes Michigan Farmer magazine, to which some people subscribe. The complaint for this class action alleges that Informa makes money from sharing the identities of those subscribers, in violation of Michigan’s Preservation of Personal Privacy Act (PPPA) which attempts to keep confidential the Private Read more
Realtor Magazine Shares Subscriber Information Michigan Class Action
Does a person have a right to privacy in their choice of reading material? Michigan thought so, and so it passed its Protection of Personal Privacy Act (PPPA), which prohibits companies or their employees from disclosing certain kinds of information. But the complaint alleges that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) does disclose the personal Read more
Gannett Shares Subscribers’ Private Reading Information Michigan Class Action
This class action brings suit against a version of Michigan’s Preservation of Personal Privacy Act (PPPA) which was in effect until July 30, 2016. The complaint alleges that Gannett Co. has violated the PPPA by renting subscriber lists and thus disclosing its subscribers’ Private Reading Information to third parties without consent. Read more
Christianbook Disclosure of Reading and Viewing Material Michigan Class Action
Up until July 30, 2016, Michigan’s Preservation of Personal Privacy Act (PPPA) prohibited the disclosure of private reading, listening, and viewing materials to other parties. But the complaint for this class action alleges that Christianbook, LLC has disclosed this information to data aggregators, data cooperatives, political organizations, and nonprofit companies, without the consent of the Read more