2nd Circuit Finds NBA Website User Is A Consumer And May Proceed With VPPA Suit

( October 17, 2024, 11:29 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Reversing a trial court’s dismissal of a putative class action against the National Basketball Association (NBA) under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel concluded that the lead plaintiff qualifies as a consumer under the statute and that he has standing to sue for the NBA’s purported sharing of his personal viewing information (PVI) related to videos he watched on the NBA’s website....