# Supreme Court leans toward privacy in video tracking case

> Justices appeared skeptical of Paramount's defense in a case that could expose websites to mass privacy lawsuits over video tracking.
- Title: Supreme Court leans toward privacy in video tracking case
- Summary: Justices appeared skeptical of Paramount's defense in a case that could expose websites to mass privacy lawsuits over video tracking. The Supreme Court…
- Keywords: supreme court, paramount global, michael salazar, video privacy protection act, facebook, meta pixel, class action, privacy law, technology, startups, Supreme, Court
- Source: The Next Web — https://thenextweb.com/news/supreme-court-video-privacy-salazar-paramount
- Author: Alina Maria Stan
- Published: 2026-10-18T11:31:59+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: supreme court, paramount global, michael salazar, video privacy protection act, facebook, meta pixel, class action, privacy law, technology, startups
## The case at the Supreme Court
Michael Salazar signed up for a newsletter from two forty seven Sports, a Paramount-owned college sports site, in two thousand twenty two.While logged into Facebook, he watched videos on the site.
## What the law protects
Salazar's claim rests on the Video Privacy Protection Act.Congress passed it in nineteen eighty eight after a journalist published the video rental history of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork.The law protects consumers of video providers.
## The justices' skepticism
Justice Elena Kagan said websites had two simple choices: get consent or stop selling private data.Justice Sonia Sotomayor said gating videos behind consent would leave the choice to users.

> It's going to be over-broad consent, no doubt.
## What comes next
A win for Salazar could open the door to more lawsuits against sites that use tracking tools on video pages.A ruling is expected by next summer.
## Key takeaway

The Supreme Court seemed ready to side with Michael Salazar against Paramount over unauthorized sharing of video history with Facebook, potentially opening websites to widespread privacy litigation.