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Supreme Court weighs video privacy law written for VHS era
Original: Justices wrestle with video privacy law from VHS era
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on how the Video Privacy Protection Act, a 1988 law written when VHS tapes dominated home entertainment, applies to modern digital streaming and data-sharing practices. The justices are struggling to fit decades-old statutory language onto today's technology, and the outcome could shape how much protection consumers have over their viewing records online.
Why now: The case tests whether a pre-internet privacy statute can govern today's streaming-era data practices, with broad implications for consumer privacy.
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