Blockbuster Faces Beacon Trouble

Media Post has written, “A Texas resident has filed a federal lawsuit against Blockbuster for participating in Facebook’s Beacon program.” According to the suit, “Blockbuster violated the federal Videotape Privacy Protection Act by sharing information about her movie rentals and sales with Facebook without first obtaining her written consent.”

In the country with the most law suits in the world, it comes as no surprise that Facebook has been involved one way or another in some sort of legal issues over the past few months.

AW+

WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

Subscribe today!

To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber

View Subscription Options

Already a member? Sign in