R. 2471, a bill to amend yet another piece of privacy legislation, the Video Privacy Protection Act.

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Netflix decided that the Video Privacy Protection Act stands in the way of its letting user share with the world every blockbuster, romcom, tear-jerker and T.

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But in the U.S., the Video Privacy Protection Act is ambiguous about whether someone can give permission to share his or her videos that have been viewed, according to Netflix.

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C. lawmakers have amended the Video Privacy Protection Act so that video providers are free to automatically share information about the videos you watch once you grant them that blanket permission, rather than having to get permission on a video by video basis.

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Now that the Video Protection Privacy Act has been amended, Netflix also mentioned Facebook integration will be enabled in the coming months for US customers.

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