As consumers increasingly turn to streaming platforms for entertainment, news, and education, it’s crucial to understand how these websites handle your data. Amid a variety of privacy concerns, one that requires attention is the transmission of your video watching history to third-party advertisers through tracking pixels, a practice that potentially violates a federal law called the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA).

This Consumer Alert discusses what you can do to protect your privacy when using video content platforms.

Read the full alert here.