US Supreme Court weighs applying 1980s video-renter privacy law to digital age

A California man who subscribed to a free sports newsletter argued that his data was given without his authorisation to Facebook for the purpose of serving him targeted advertisements. — Unsplash

WASHINGTON : The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Oct 14 on how a 1988 privacy law concerning video rental companies should apply to consumer data in the digital age, a debate which has divided lower courts.

The law at issue, the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), was passed by Congress after a list of videos rented by Robert Bork – president Ronald Reagan's ultimately failed nominee to be a Supreme Court justice – was leaked to media during his contentious Senate confirmation process.

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一位加州男子订阅了一份免费体育新闻简报，他声称自己的数据未经授权就被提供给了Facebook，用于向他投放定向广告。—— Unsplash

华盛顿：10 月 14 日，美国最高法院听取了关于 1988 年一项有关录像带租赁公司的隐私法应如何适用于数字时代的消费者数据的辩论，这场辩论在下级法院中引发了分歧。

引发争议的法律是《视频隐私保护法》（VPPA），此前，罗纳德·里根总统最终未能提名的最高法院大法官人选罗伯特·博克在参议院确认过程中租借的视频清单被泄露给了媒体。之后，国会通过了该法律。

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