▁Facebook , ▁Inc . ▁class ▁action . ▁Based ▁on ▁this ▁act ▁it ▁is ▁generalized ▁to ▁other ▁forms ▁of ▁r ental ▁records ▁such ▁as ▁DVD s ▁and ▁Video ▁games ▁etc . ▁Net fli x ▁c ited ▁the ▁act ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁following ▁the ▁announ cement ▁of ▁its ▁global ▁integration ▁with ▁Facebook . ▁The ▁company ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁V P PA ▁was ▁the ▁sole ▁reason ▁why ▁the ▁new ▁feature ▁was ▁not ▁immediately ▁available ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁it ▁encourag ed ▁its ▁customers ▁to ▁contact ▁their ▁represent atives ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁legisl ation ▁that ▁would ▁clarify ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁law .[ 3 ] ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Net fli x ▁changed ▁its ▁priv acy ▁rules ▁so ▁that ▁it ▁no ▁longer ▁retain s ▁records ▁for ▁people ▁who ▁have ▁left ▁the ▁site . ▁This ▁change ▁was ▁due ▁directly ▁to ▁a ▁law suit ▁indicating ▁viol ation ▁of ▁the ▁act .[ 4 ] ▁In ▁January , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁President ▁Ob ama ▁signed ▁into ▁law ▁H . R . ▁ 6 6 7 1 ▁which ▁am ended ▁the ▁Video ▁Priv acy ▁Prote ction ▁Act ▁to ▁allow ▁video ▁r ental ▁companies ▁to ▁share ▁r ental ▁information ▁on ▁social ▁networking ▁sites ▁after ▁obtain ing ▁customer ▁permission . ▁Net fli x ▁had ▁lo bb ied ▁for ▁the ▁change .[ 5 ] ▁ ▁A ▁San ▁Francisco ▁federal ▁trial ▁court ▁found ▁the ▁V P PA ’ s ▁subscri ber ▁prote ctions ▁apply ▁to ▁users ▁with ▁H ulu ▁accounts .[ 6 ] ▁In