Michael Salazar, Petitioner v. Paramount Global, dba 247Sports
The Court will consider whether the Video Privacy Protection Act, a 1988 law originally enacted to protect videotape rental records, applies to modern streaming services and their collection of viewer data. The case tests whether someone must be a subscriber to audiovisual content specifically to have standing under the Act.
Case overview
- Dispute
- The Court will consider whether the Video Privacy Protection Act, a 1988 law originally enacted to protect videotape rental records, applies to modern streaming services and their collection of viewer data. The case tests whether someone must be a subscriber to audiovisual content specifically to have standing under the Act.
- Issue
- The Court is deciding whether does the phrase “goods or services from a video tape service provider,” as used in the Video Privacy Protection Act’s definition of “consumer,” refer to all of a video tape service provider’s goods or services or only to its audiovisual goods or services.
- Current posture
- Review granted Jan 26, 2026.
Question
Question presented
Does the phrase “goods or services from a video tape service provider,” as used in the Video Privacy Protection Act’s definition of “consumer,” refer to all of a video tape service provider’s goods or services or only to its audiovisual goods or services?
Plain English
The Court is deciding whether does the phrase “goods or services from a video tape service provider,” as used in the Video Privacy Protection Act’s definition of “consumer,” refer to all of a video tape service provider’s goods or services or only to its audiovisual goods or services.
Procedural posture
- Originating court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Supreme Court review
- Granted Jan 26, 2026
- Opinion
- Not released
Who is watching
- Legal area
- Privacy Law
- Institutional path
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decision under Supreme Court review
- What changes next
- The next public milestone is the Court's disposition.
- Term context
- Before Arguments in October Term 2025 (2025–2026)
Source trail
Primary materials plus reporting.
Plain-English explainer. Court records remain authoritative. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
MethodologyRefreshed May 17, 2026.