Spanish-language television network Univision is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly violating federal privacy laws. The suit accuses Univision of allowing Endeavor Streaming, a third-party streaming vendor, to access the viewing habits of users on its platform, Univision NOW.
Named plaintiffs, Dinorath Villalobos and Ezequiel Palomino, allege that Univision disclosed titles and URLs of videos watched by consumers along with their email addresses to Endeavor Streaming without their consent. The lawsuit claims this violates the Video Privacy Protection Act and California state law.
The case was filed in San Francisco federal court by attorneys Neal J. Deckant, Stefan Bogdanovich and Ines Diaz Villafana, of Bursor & Fisher, of Walnut Creek.
Plaintiffs are seeking a court order directing Univision to pay statutory and punitive damages to a class of additional plaintiffs which could include thousands of people who allegedly used Univision NOW.