A federal judge has ruled that a privacy lawsuit against video-streaming service Hulu must continue. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler rejected an argument submitted by the company that users must show actual injury to recover damages, even if they could be considered “aggrieved” persons under the Video Privacy Protection Act, Reuters reports. The now-rejected argument by Hulu stated the law “was not adopted to impose multi-billion dollar liability on the transmission of anonymous data where no one suffers any actual injury.” Beeler ruled that “the statute requires only injury in the form of wrongful disclosure…” The judge did not rule on the merits of the case. Courthouse News Service reports that a summary judgment hearing is scheduled for February 6.
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