Bloomberg, AMC Networks, Realtor.com class actions allege companies share user data with Facebook

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Bloomberg, AMC, Realtor.com Facebook data sharing class action lawsuits overview: 

• Who: Class action lawsuits have been separately filed against Bloomberg, AMC Networks, and Realtor.com. 
• Why: Consumers claim Bloomberg, AMC, and Realtor.com have been unlawfully sharing their data with Facebook without their consent. 
• Where: The class action lawsuits were filed in Illinois federal court. 

Bloomberg, AMC Networks, and Realtor.com have each been separately accused of unlawfully sharing their customers’ data with Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook. 

Consumers behind the class action lawsuits argue the companies have violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by sharing their data—including what videos they watched—with Facebook without their consent. 

Bloomberg, AMC, and Realtor.com are accused of monetizing their customers’ data and “profiting handsomely” by sharing it with Facebook in order to beef up their advertising and other practices. 

“Without telling its digital subscribers, defendant profits handsomely from its unauthorized disclosure of its digital subscribers’ personal viewing information to Facebook,” state the Bloomberg, AMC, and Realtor.com class actions. 

Sharing data with Facebook comes at expense of customers’ privacy, say class actions

Consumers argue Bloomberg, AMC, and Realtor.com share their customer data at the expense of their privacy and their statutory rights afforded to them under the VPPA.

The companies track the viewing information of customers using AMC’s horror streaming service, Move Inc.’s Realtor.com video section, and Bloomberg.com, the Bloomberg class action, AMC Networks class action, and Realtor.com class action allege. 

Bloomberg, in particular, is accused of tracking its customers’ viewing information by using what is known as a Facebook pixel, which automatically collects and sends the data it collects back to Facebook. 

Consumers want to represent nationwide classes of individuals who have a subscription to the online website for Bloomberg, AMC, or Realtor.com and have had their personal viewing information subsequently shared with Facebook. 

A similar class action lawsuit was also filed against Sony this month for allegedly sharing the personally identifiable information of its video streaming service Crunchyroll subscribers with Facebook without consent.  

Have you had your personal viewing information unlawfully shared with Facebook? Let us know in the comments! 

The plaintiffs are represented by Brandon Michael Wise of Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise LLP and Patrick Muench and Michael L. Murphy of Bailey & Glasser LLP.

The Bloomberg, AMC, Realtor.com Facebook data sharing class action lawsuits are Cuevas v. Bloomberg LP, Case No. 1:22-cv-04860, Ganaway v. Move Inc. d/b/a Realtor.com, Case No. 1:22-cv-04859, and Mangum v. AMC Networks Inc., Case No. 1:22-cv-04857, all in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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