The Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA),which prevents “[w]rongful disclosure of video tape rental or sale records,” was enacted in 1988 by Congress in reaction to a newspaper publishing then–D.
C. Circuit Judge Robert Bork’s video rental history during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings. The VPPA, andiginally aimed at traditional brick-and-mortar video rental stores such as […]
Source: harvardlawreview.org