Supreme Court Hears Salazar v. Paramount: Does a Newsletter Subscriber Count as a “Consumer” Under the Video Privacy Law?

October 15, 2026

The 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) lets a “consumer” sue a “video tape service provider” that knowingly discloses personally identifiable information about them. Michael Salazar alleges that Paramount, doing business as 247Sports, sent his video-viewing information to Facebook without consent. The lower courts in Tennessee, including the Sixth Circuit, dismissed his case because what he subscribed to was a newsletter, not video.

Sources

• Supreme Court of the United States, argument transcript, No. 25-459 (October 14, 2026): https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2026/25-459_1a7d.pdf