Matthew Horan et al. v. National Cable Satellite Corporation

Published by Crandall Consulting · Informational litigation intelligence · Last substantive update: October 13, 2026

Docket / citation: Civil Action No. 25-1114

Summary

Plaintiffs filed a putative VPPA class action alleging that National Cable Satellite Corporation shared C-SPAN website video-viewing information with Facebook and associated viewing activity with their Facebook accounts without consent. The excerpt discusses the motion to dismiss and whether plaintiffs' email-address exchange supports subscriber commitment, but does not include the court's final disposition.

Litigation Status

Status, direction, and weight describe how tracked public sources characterize this matter as of our last review — they are informational classifications, not legal assessments.

Procedural Posture

The opinion addresses a motion to dismiss a putative VPPA class action. The bounded excerpt does not provide the disposition of that motion.

Significance

Neutral / mixed significance. Characterizations of significance describe how the matter has generally been discussed in tracked public sources; individual holdings are often narrow, procedural, or fact-specific, and this page does not state or imply broader holdings than the sources support.

What This Page Does and Does Not Say

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Technologies at Issue

• Website video viewing
• Facebook account association
• Email newsletters
• MyC-SPAN accounts

Third parties named or identified in tracked sources: Facebook.

Statutes Invoked

• Video Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2710

Claims Asserted

Claims identified in tracked public sources; pleadings may include additional or amended claims.

• Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA)

What This Matter May Mean for Website Operators

For operators using similar technologies, the recurring factual questions in matters like this one are whether advertising pixels transmit page URLs or hashed form data before a consent choice. Our scanner tests these behaviors empirically.

Detection of a similar technology on a website is an informational risk indicator, not a legal conclusion, and nothing in this section is legal advice.

Related Intelligence

Sources

• Memorandum Opinion — Case No. 1:25-cv-01114-BAH, Document 25 — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (via GovInfo) · Tier A (Primary authority) · 2026-03-09

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