Friday, February 3, 2012

Netflix App On Facebook (Video-Rental Privacy Curbs)

The Video Privacy Protection Act was passed in 1988 after the Washington City Paper published a list of recent video rentals by Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork during his contentious nomination process. Although his rental history was mostly innocuous, members of Congress were outraged at the breach of privacy. The law bans sharing of rental information without written consent by the consumer or a warrant from the police.
Netflix argues the law should be amended to allow users to opt in to automatically share their viewing habits on social networks. Users can already share on Facebook which songs they listen to and articles they read.............
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