( August 15, 2025, 9:44 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) applies only to those who rent, purchase or subscribe to goods or services offered by a provider of video tape services, the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled, affirming a lower court’s dismissal of claims that a newspaper publisher violated the law by sending information about the video viewing habits of visitors to its online website to a third party....