Netflix modified four sentences in its Privacy Statement on April 23, 2026, making minor punctuation changes and adding language about cart abandonment tracking and SMS cart reminders. The changes remove commas in subsection headers and expand the stated uses of cookies and similar technologies to explicitly include tracking shopping cart activity and sending cart reminder messages via SMS. These updates clarify and expand the technical mechanisms Netflix uses to track user behavior and communicate with users.
Consumers: Netflix is clarifying that it uses cookies and tracking to watch what you put in your cart and when you leave items behind, so it can send you SMS reminders.
The updated Privacy Statement now explicitly discloses that Netflix uses cookies and similar technologies to track items placed in shopping carts, monitor when carts are abandoned, and determine when to send cart reminder messages via SMS. Previously, this specific use case was not mentioned in the policy's description of technology deployment. The revised language does not establish new consent requirements or opt-out mechanisms; it clarifies an existing technical practice in the stated purposes section. You can manage cookie preferences through the 'How can I exercise choice regarding these technologies?' section of the policy, though the SMS reminder functionality may be governed by separate communication preferences.
→ Review the 'How can I exercise choice regarding these technologies?' section to manage cookie preferences and understand SMS communication controls.
Expanded to explicitly disclose cart abandonment tracking and SMS cart reminder messaging as stated purposes for cookies and similar technologies.
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