Consumer’s Privacy Claim Against NBA and Its Website Rejected, Again

For a second time, a federal judge from the Southern District of New York has dismissed a class action lawsuit brought by a man who subscribed to NBA.com and claimed his personal viewing information from the site (along with his Facebook ID, which he alleged was personally identifiable information) was disclosed to third-party Facebook without his knowledge or consent. This, he claimed, violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). This time, the court found that the plaintiff “failed t