U.S. Senate Clears Netflix-Backed Update of Video Privacy Law
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The U.S. Senate cleared for the president’s signature legislation backed by Netflix Inc. that would amend a 1988 law to make it easier for users to share their movie-watching habits on Facebook Inc.’s social network.
The measure, an update to the Video Privacy Protection Act, lets users provide one-time online consent to disclose the titles of the movies they have seen. Current law requires consent each time an individual’s history is shared.