Fubo Pays $3.4 Million To Settle Claims It Illegally Shared User Data With Advertisers

Fubo has agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit (PDF) accusing it of illegally sharing usersâ(TM) personally identifiable information and video viewing history with advertisers without consent, allegedly violating the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). Ars Technica reports: As reported by Cord Cutters News this week, instead of going to trial, Fubo reached a settlement agreement [PDF] that allows people who used Fubo before May 29, which is when Fubo last updated its privacy policy, to receive part of a $3.4 million settlement. The settlement agreement received preliminary approval on May 29, and users recently started receiving notice of their potential entitlement to some of the settlement. They have until September 12 to submit claims. Fubo said in a statement: "We deny the allegations in the putative class lawsuit and specifically deny that we have engaged in any wrongdoing whatsoever. Fubo has nonetheless chosen to pursue a settlement for this matter in order to avoid the uncertainty and expense of litigation. We look forward to putting this matter behind us."

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[ihavesaxwithcollies]

This is not criminal court. You do not accept a plea, unless you are dead to rights guilty. They come out and flat out lie about everything. Did they hire trumps pr guy?

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[buck-yar]

Maybe its time for criminal proceedings? I recently read about someone arrested for jaywalking. If we're going to make victimless hypothetical crimes like jaywalking have real penalties (who's the victim if you cross a street without a crosswalk?), maybe people's private data should be treated with a little more respect?

Cheaper than fighting the case

[Bruce66423]

We will never know because the transaction costs of using a court to find the truth in this case is too high. Instead it would appear that the defendant has been extorted of $3.4m, a suspiciously small amount if the case against them was solid.

More of the same crap

[jenningsthecat]

$3.4 million? Yeah, that'll teach them! /sarc

Never mind this class action crap. Regulations need to be put in place and enforced, and the damaged parties compensated via distribution of fines collected for violating the regs. And the fines need to be assessed as a significant percentage of either a company's net worth or its yearly gross revenue. If that bankrupts the company, so much the better - that makes it less likely that the next newcomer will risk screwing over its clients.

Governments tend to rely f

Amazing, you expect politicians to be honest

[Bruce66423]

Sadly our society is such that politicians may know what they ought to do, but also know they will not get reelected if they do it.

We have a problem...

Not surprised

[sjames]

Their pricing is already high for streaming, but that's apparently not enough for them. If you actually try to sign up you find that they pump the price > 33% more with "fees" for various things they advertise as benefits of their streaming, and so push the price to over $100/month.

Somehow it doesn't surprise me that they want even more money under the table after that.

Fubo had 1.676m subscribers in 2024

[kwelch007]

I realize maths isn't my strongest skill, but does this mean that personal data is worth about $2 per subscriber?