iHeartMedia class action alleges company discloses subscriber data to Meta

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iHeartMedia subscriber data class action lawsuit overview: 

• Who: Gloria Talley filed a class action lawsuit against iHeartMedia Inc. 
• Why: Talley claims iHeartMedia shares the personally identifiable information of its digital subscribers with Facebook without consent. 
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Florida federal court. 

iHeartMedia knowingly discloses the personally identifiable information of its digital subscribers to Facebook without obtaining the proper consent to do so, a new class action lawsuit alleges. 

Plaintiff Gloria Talley claims iHeartMedia shares its digital subscribers’ Facebook ID and “computer file containing video and its corresponding URL viewed” by them to Facebook-parent company Meta Platforms. 

Talley argues iHeartMedia is violating the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by “disclosing its digital subscribers’ Personal Viewing Information to Facebook without obtaining proper consent.” 

“VPPA prohibits ‘video tape service providers,’ such as iHeart.com, from knowingly disclosing consumers’ ‘personally identifiable information,’ … without first obtaining express consent in a stand-alone consent form,” the iHeartMedia class action states. 

Talley wants to represent a nationwide class of iHeartMedia digital subscribers who have had their personal viewing information disclosed to Facebook by the media corporation. 

iHeartMedia profits by sharing digital subscribers’ personal viewing information with Facebook, class action says 

iHeartMedia uses the personal viewing information of its digital subscribers to “build more targeted advertising on its website which, in turn, generates greater revenue,” the iHeartMedia class action alleges. 

Talley claims iHeartMedia, ultimately, reaps a profit at “the expense of its digital subscribers’ privacy and their statutory rights under VPPA.” 

“Without obtaining consent from its digital subscribers, Defendant profits from its unauthorized disclosure of its digital subscribers’ Personal Viewing Information to Facebook,” the iHeartMedia class action states. 

Plaintiff is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory and injunctive relief, along with an award of restitution and punitive damages for herself and all class members. 

A similar class action lawsuit was filed in November against NBCUniversal Media by a consumer arguing the company shared the personally identifiable information of its today.com subscribers with Facebook without consent. 

Have you had your personally identifiable information shared with Facebook without consent? Let us know in the comments. 

The plaintiff is represented by Andrew J. Shamis and Edwin E. Elliot of Shamis & Gentile PA and Adam A. Schwartzbaum and Scott Edelsberg of Edelsberg Law PA. 

The iHeartMedia subscriber data class action lawsuit is Talley, et al. v. iHeartMedia Inc., Case No. 8:23-cv-00215, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

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