VPPA Class Claims Over General Mills’ Alleged Info Sharing Dismissed A 2nd Time

(September 13, 2023, 3:50 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California granted for the second time a motion by General Mills Inc. to dismiss putative class claims under the Video Protection Privacy Act (VPPA) by two individuals who allege that the personal data of users of Bettycrocker.com were shared with a third party; the plaintiffs claimed that they are both genuine consumers of General Mills’ products as well as “testers” who “ensure that companies abide by” federal privacy laws....