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Plaintiff Dismisses VPPA Class Action Against EW Publisher

Plaintiff Michelle Harris-Shields dismissed without prejudice all claims against Entertainment Weekly publisher Dotdash Meredith in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan, said a Wednesday filing (docket 1:23-cv-00851). Harris-Shields’ complaint alleged the EW.com website violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by disclosing subscribers’ personal viewing without their consent. A similar VPPA class action against iHeartMedia by the same law firms (see 2302020016), Shamis & Gentile and Edelsberg Law, (8:23-cv-00215), filed Jan. 31 in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Tampa remained open Friday.