Is Netflix “Borking” Lesbians With Subscriber Data Releases?

An Ohio lesbian doesn’t want to be outed by her Netflix recommendations, and she is part of a new class-action lawsuit against the movie rental company. It was really just a matter of time before Netflix was the target of a class-action lawsuit over its privacy policies; academics have pointed out for years how the company’s release of “anonymized” movie rental data could actually be used to expose a particular user’s viewing choices.

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