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# Lamb v. Forbes Media: video privacy claims

The cited court order addresses allegations that Forbes disclosed identifying video-viewing information to Facebook. It rejected the consumer theory presented in that pleading. The later settlement reported in research is not treated here as a verified award.

US District Court, Southern District of New York · Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA)

- Case record
- What this record establishes
- Checks for your own systems
- Sources and limits

## Case record

| Fact | Record |
| --- | --- |
| Authority or court | US District Court, Southern District of New York |
| Law or issue | Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) |
| Case number | 1:22-cv-06319-ALC |
| Procedural record | Historical dismissal order; later proceedings and reported settlement not established here |
| Historical court order | 28 September 2023 |
| Source reviewed | 16 October 2026 |

[Court order (mirror)](https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1%3A2022cv06319/583689/46/)

## What this record establishes

This page describes the cited opinion or order. A dismissal, pleading decision, standing ruling or jurisdiction decision has a different scope from a merits judgment. Later proceedings and appeals may change the position. Unpublished and nonprecedential decisions are identified in the status where applicable.

## Checks for your own systems

Inth’s technical interpretation: use this case to choose what evidence to collect in your own implementation. These checks are not instructions issued by the court or regulator.

- Capture requests triggered by loading, playing and completing a video.
- Look for video titles, page URLs, account IDs and advertising identifiers in the same payload or joinable streams.
- Check the specific disclosure and consent flow for the recipients receiving viewing activity.

> **Limits of technical evidence**
> A browser capture can show a transfer. It cannot establish every server operation, the terms of a contract or whether a law applies. Compare observed behaviour with the relevant disclosures and legal assessment.

## Sources and limits

[Court order (mirror)](https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1%3A2022cv06319/583689/46/)

Source review: 16 October 2026. This record covers the cited source and procedural stage. It does not audit the organisation’s present implementation or establish every later legal development.

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