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Data Privacy

Apr. 2, 2015

Privacy class action against Hulu rejected

Hulu LLC successfully knocked out all claims from a privacy class action late Tuesday.

By Laura Hautala
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Hulu LLC successfully knocked out all claims from a privacy class action late Tuesday when U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Beeler of the Northern District granted summary judgment. The case was watched by privacy attorneys because it applied the Video Privacy Protection Act of the 1980s to modern video streaming technology, claiming that Hulu illegally shared its users' data. Beeler previously expressed skepticism that the case could ...

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