A federal appellate court has reinstated a potential class-action lawsuit that claims Gannett may have violated the Video Privacy Protection Act, MediaPost reports. The ruling revives a lawsuit filed by a Massachusetts resident in 2014. The plaintiff claims the Gannett-owned USA Today app violated the VPPA by allegedly transferring personal information of users to Adobe. Transmitted information may have included device identifiers, geolocation data and video viewing history. Gannett has argued that the device identifiers are not personal information and that the VPPA only pertains to users who are considered “subscribers” to a service, the report states. The final decision in the case could affect a broad array of app developers. Editor’s Note: The Privacy Advisor recently published guidance on avoiding VPPA suits.
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