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Netflix to settle out of court: CEO Reed Hastings Educational Role model New Orleans

by Danny Weil

The case was filed in The United States district Court, Northern District Court of California, San Jose District in California (http://www.videoprivacyclass.com/Portals/0/Documents/In%20Re%20Netflix%20Privacy%20Litigation%20Preliminary%20Approval%20Order.pdf) as a putative class action suit brought by former Netflix subscribers, Jeff Milans and Peter Comstock (collectively “Plaintiffs”), alleging the way Defendant Netflix, Inc. (“Netflix”), a provider of video-by-mail and internet services, retained and used its subscribers’ Entertainment Content Viewing Histories.  Specifically, Plaintiffs alleged that Netflix violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2710(e) by retaining customer viewing histories longer than “necessary for the purpose for which [they were] collected” and that Netflix disclosed the information to third parties without prior consent to do so.  Plaintiff Jeff Milans initiated this class action on January 26, 2011, alleging that Netflix unlawfully retained and disclosed his personally identifiable Entertainment Content Viewing.  The case was filed on September 12^th, 2011 and you can see the original