Netflix Desires to Change Law Against Revealing Video-Viewing History

Jin Lee/Bloomberg/Getty Images Netflix introduced Thursday that it's clients in Canada and Latin America soon will have a way to talk about their movie-watching history on Facebook. Why don't you American clients? According to Netflix Boss Reed Hastings, speaking at at Facebook's F8 developer conference in San Francisco Bay Area, it's because of an outdated law he hopes to change. In 1988, Congress passed theVideo Privacy Protection Act to prevent the"wrongful disclosure of video tape rental or purchase records." Regulations showed up the aftermath ofthe confirmation proceedings to find the best Court nominee Robert Bork. In individuals days, a newspaper launched his video rental history, leading congress to compromise lower round the disclosure of those sensitive information. STORY: Is Netflix a great deal? Speaking within the Facebook developer conference, Hastings predicted that Congress would soon amend the VPPA. "Fortunately the U.S. features a bill today in Congress to update that old privacy [policy], which will then let's turn [video history talking about] on within the united states . States," mentioned Hastings. Left unsaid is an additional cause of Netflix should upend the VPPA. On friday, a consolidated class action lawsuit suit suit was amended in California federal court that alleges Netflix already has violated the VPPA. STORY: Netflix's Qwikster Offshoot Unpopular on Wall Street and Primary Street Litigants Rob Milans and Peter Cornstock are leading a matched up effort that charges Netflix with unlawfully retaining and revealing the watching habits of the clients. The suit states that Netflix keeps sensitive personal info despite clients cancel their monthly monthly subscriptions and alleges the business helps make the data available to its advertising partners. Netflix hasn't yet taken proper care of immediately the claims in the courtroom. According to research firm First Street Research Group, Netflix has spent $270,000 on lobbying since the fourth quarter of 2010. E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner Netflix