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Crunchyroll sued for allegedly sharing users' episode-level viewing data with marketing firm

Mar 8th 2026

A new class action says the anime streamer disclosed personal viewing data to a third party in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act and seeks statutory damages after a prior $16 million VPPA settlement.

  • Plaintiffs allege Crunchyroll sent email addresses, device IDs and episode-level viewing history to marketing company Braze starting in 2022.

Sources

cbr.com