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Supreme Court Weighs Privacy Law From Videotape Era
Original: Supreme Court Weighs Privacy Law From the Videotape Era of ‘Be Kind, Rewind’
The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments over the scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act, a 1988 law passed after a video store leaked Judge Robert Bork's rental records. Justices are examining how a statute written for the 'be kind, rewind' VHS age applies to modern streaming and digital data, with potentially broad consequences for consumer privacy lawsuits.
Why now: The Court's interpretation of a decades-old privacy statute could reshape how digital-era data privacy claims are litigated.
US Supreme CourtVideo Privacy Protection ActRobert Bork
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- Supreme Court Weighs Privacy Law From the Videotape Era of ‘Be Kind, Rewind’ · The New York Times
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