Netflixs v. Customer Privacy
Facebook is the latest company to fall victim to the Federal Video Privacy Act, which became law following the controversial nominations process for then Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork. The law is intended to protection video rental records from disclosure. Netflix is an online video rental service, which is attempting to develop predictive models on what movies may be of interest to which customers. They recently awarded a $1 million dollars in a contest to find new methods for predicting customer interest.
New "Irresponsible" Netflix Contest May Violate Customer Privacy, David Coursey, PC World, September 22, 2009
