( January 26, 2026, 11:24 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — After denying petitions for certiorari in December in two lawsuits over purported sharing of consumers’ personal viewing information (PVI) under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 26 granted certiorari in another VPPA case in which there are similar data-sharing allegations to decide what constitutes a “customer” of a video tape service provider (VTSP) under the nearly 40-year-old statute....