Lawsuit Accuses Facebook of Conspiring to Break Video-Privacy Law

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A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, claiming the company conspired with Blockbuster to violate a federal law protecting customer video-rental and sale records. The suit, filed by Cathryn Harris in U.S. District Court in Dallas, accuses Facebook of working with Blockbuster in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act, after the film rental company entered into an agreement with Facebook to supply it with information about movies users rented or purchased from Blockbuster.com.