The policy authorizes all member entities of The Walt Disney Family of Companies — a group of more than 50 named brands including Hulu, ESPN, ABC, Marvel, National Geographic, and others — to access user personal information both as data processors performing services and as independent data controllers for their own purposes.
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This provision establishes that personal information collected through Hulu or any other Disney brand may flow to and be used independently by any of more than 50 named affiliated entities, each acting as a separate data controller with its own processing purposes, subject only to the qualification 'unless prohibited under applicable law.'
Interpretive note: Whether intra-family sharing among affiliated Disney entities constitutes sharing with 'third parties' under CCPA and CPRA depends on the specific corporate relationship and applicable legal definitions, which the document does not resolve.
Under this clause, personal information provided to or collected by Hulu may be accessed and independently used by any member of The Walt Disney Family of Companies, including brands spanning theme parks, publishing, sports media, and consumer products, without requiring separate consent for each entity's use beyond what is described in this shared policy.
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Compare across platforms →"Other members of The Walt Disney Family of Companies may access your information where they perform services on behalf of the data controllers (as data processors) and, unless prohibited under applicable law, for use on their own behalf (as data controllers) for the purposes described in this policy.Excerpt from Hulu's Privacy Policy (Superseded URL) [RETIRED: redirects to the Walt Disney privacy center (CA-D-000575)]
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This provision establishes that personal information collected through Hulu or any other Disney brand may flow to and be used independently by any of more than 50 named affiliated entities, each acting as a separate data controller with its own processing purposes, subject only to the qualification 'unless prohibited under applicable law.'
Under this clause, personal information provided to or collected by Hulu may be accessed and independently used by any member of The Walt Disney Family of Companies, including brands spanning theme parks, publishing, sports media, and consumer products, without requiring separate consent for each entity's use beyond what is described in this shared policy.
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