Comments on: App Users Aren’t “Subscribers” Under the VPPA–Ellis v. Cartoon Network https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/10/app-users-arent-subscribers-under-the-vppa-ellis-v-cartoon-network.htm Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:18:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paid Television versus Free Streaming: What it means for your privacy. » NC Journal of Law & Technology https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/10/app-users-arent-subscribers-under-the-vppa-ellis-v-cartoon-network.htm#comment-1420 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:18:41 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=15030#comment-1420 […] Network for disclosing personally identifiable information in form of the Andriod ID so that Bango easily could derive his identity and thus knew both his identity and the videos he viewed. Ellis argued that he was a “subscriber” of Cartoon Network and thus he is a “consumer” […]

]]> By: CLIP-ings: October 15, 2015 | CLIP-ings https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/10/app-users-arent-subscribers-under-the-vppa-ellis-v-cartoon-network.htm#comment-1414 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:30:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=15030#comment-1414 […] Subscription Cancelled: The Eleventh Circuit held that under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), a plaintiff who downloaded Cartoon Network’s video streaming app is not a “subscriber” and therefore not entitled to the law’s protection. […]

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