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Data Privacy

May 1, 2014

Privacy suit against Hulu over Facebook disclosure moves ahead

A class action case alleging Hulu LLC violated its users' privacy by divulging their viewing habits to Facebook Inc. can go forward, a San Francisco magistrate judge has ruled.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A class action case alleging Hulu LLC violated its users' privacy by divulging their viewing habits to Facebook Inc. can go forward, a court ruled Tuesday.


U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler of San Francisco ruled that there was enough of a dispute over whether the online television and movie site knowingly disclosed such information to Facebook to keep that claim alive.


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