A Class-Action Lawsuit Claims That Peacock Shares User Information With Meta

Video streaming service Peacock TV tracked the video viewing history of its subscribers and shared the data with Facebook without their knowledge or consent, a new class action lawsuit alleges.

Plaintiffs Daniel Weiss and McKenzie Evans claim Peacock TV, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, embedded a tracking device on its website that allowed it to collect and share its subscribers video viewing history.

Weiss and Evans argue Peacock TV violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by allegedly embedding the tracking device — called a “Meta Pixel” — into its website and then sharing the video viewing history with Facebook.

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