HIDIVE anime streaming viewers may be entitled to payment for the unauthorized disclosure of personal information to third parties as its parent company settles a class action lawsuit.Via Manga Alerts on X (formerly Twitter), AMC Networks, which owns the HIDIVE streaming platform, has settled a class action lawsuit that pertained to the unauthorized disclosure of “personally identifiable information of registered users of AMC Services to Third-Party Tracking Companies, without their consent.” This information refers to any information that identifies a person as having requested or obtained video materials, according to the court documents. AMC denies all wrongdoing, while the court has not made any determination. Those in the United States who used HIDIVE between Jan. 18, 2021, and Jan. 10, 2024, and “requested or obtained video content on at least one of the six AMC Services,” including HIDIVE, may be eligible to receive a share of the $8.3 million AMC Networks will pay out.This ruling comes just months after Crunchyroll users were similarly entitled to a payout over alleged data violations. Crunchyroll and Sony similarly opted to settle not out of wrongdoing but to “avoid the uncertainties and expenses associated with continuing the case.” Meta was again one of the parties to which it was alleged that Crunchyroll was passing customer data over in initial court filings.
HIDIVE anime streaming viewers may be entitled to payment for the unauthorized disclosure of personal information to third parties as its parent company settles a class action lawsuit.
Via Manga Alerts on X (formerly Twitter), AMC Networks, which owns the HIDIVE streaming platform, has settled a class action lawsuit that pertained to the unauthorized disclosure of “personally identifiable information of registered users of AMC Services to Third-Party Tracking Companies, without their consent.” This information refers to any information that identifies a person as having requested or obtained video materials, according to the court documents. AMC denies all wrongdoing, while the court has not made any determination. Those in the United States who used HIDIVE between Jan. 18, 2021, and Jan. 10, 2024, and “requested or obtained video content on at least one of the six AMC Services,” including HIDIVE, may be eligible to receive a share of the $8.3 million AMC Networks will pay out.
This ruling comes just months after Crunchyroll users were similarly entitled to a payout over alleged data violations. Crunchyroll and Sony similarly opted to settle not out of wrongdoing but to “avoid the uncertainties and expenses associated with continuing the case.” Meta was again one of the parties to which it was alleged that Crunchyroll was passing customer data over in initial court filings.
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