U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Who Qualifies as a “Consumer” Under the Video Privacy Protection Act

By J. Colin Knisely and Michael S. Zullo

On January 26, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Salazar v. Paramount Global to resolve a growing circuit split over who qualifies as a “consumer” under the Video Privacy Protection Act. The petition asks whether the VPPA protects individuals who subscribe only to nonaudiovisual content—such as a free newsletter—from a company that also offers video programming.

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