Supreme Court to Decide If Online Video-Watching History Protected by Privacy Law

Federal appeals courts are split on whether a 1988 privacy law applies to digital video streaming.
Supreme Court to Decide If Online Video-Watching History Protected by Privacy Law
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
|Updated:
0:00

The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 26 agreed to hear a consumer’s class action lawsuit alleging a company violated federal law by sharing his personal information.

The court will decide how a 1988 privacy law forbidding disclosure of consumers’ videotape rental histories applies to digital videos viewed on a free website.