Families Across Four States Take a Stand
The plaintiffs — Raquel Diaz, Lisa Medina, Oscar Rodriguez, Stacy Rader, and Katrina Montgomery — filed on behalf of their minor children, identified only by initials. They hail from California, Illinois, Indiana, and New Jersey, and claim the alleged misconduct occurred between 2024 and 2025, when their kids watched programs hosted on the “Kids” section of Pluto TV using personal electronic devices.
The complaint accuses the streaming giants of violating multiple federal and state privacy laws, including the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), and the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).
The proposed nationwide class seeks to represent more than 100,000 individuals whose personal data may have been exposed. The filing estimates that the amount in controversy exceeds $5 million, seeking $2,500 in statutory damages per VPPA violation and $10,000 per ECPA breach.
“Children Deserve Privacy, Not Profiling,” Says Counsel
Attorney Sonjay Singh of Siri & Glimstad LLP, representing the parents, told Law360 that the case transcends politics and speaks to a universal principle: the right to privacy.
Quoting the late Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Singh noted that privacy “is not a conservative or a liberal issue… it goes to the deepest yearnings of all Americans that we are free.”
Singh added, “Kids should be free to learn and grow online without their every move being tracked, transmitted, and monetized for profit. This case seeks to vindicate that federally protected right on behalf of our clients and all other children similarly impacted.”
