Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) has proposed an amendment to the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 that would alter the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA).
The VPPA was authored in 1988 after a list of video rentals by Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork was published in a newspaper. As currently written, the VPPA requires written consumer consent (or a police warrant) in order for video history information to be shared.
The newly proposed amendment would allow for Netflix video viewing histories to be shared automatically on Facebook.
“Netflix has spent nearly $400,000 lobbying Congress this year,” reports Digital Trends. “Part of that money was spent on changing the VPPA, and the rest went toward Net neutrality and other Web-related issues. Netflix eventually wants to allow users to be able to stream videos through their Facebook accounts.”
Additionally, Senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota) has proposed an amendment to remove Section 701 of CSA2012 that “provides companies with the explicit right to monitor private user communications and engage in countermeasures,” according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to begin debate on the Cybersecurity Act this week.
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) has proposed an amendment to the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 that would alter the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA).
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