AMC illegally shared customers’ information with Facebook, lawsuit claims: report

A federal lawsuit claims that AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.
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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.
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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.
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with a request for comment.