AMC illegally shared customers' information with Facebook, lawsuit claims: report
A federal lawsuit claims that AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (AMC) illegally shared customers' information with Facebook, the Kansas City Business Journal reports. The lawsuit claims that the movie-theater chain and meme-stock darling illegally shared personally identifiable information with Facebook each time the plaintiffs bought a ticket on the AMC website, according to the report. The class-action lawsuit accuses AMC of disclosing information about customers' ticket purchases to Facebook in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act, Law.com reports. The lawsuit is separate from a class-action suit filed against streaming service AMC Networks Inc. (AMCX) in California earlier this year that claims AMC Networks sent customer information to Facebook. AMC Entertainment's stock ended Thursday's session down 10.9%, but rallied 1.1% in aftermarket trade. MarketWatch has reached out to AMC and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. (META) with a request for comment.
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