The policy states that personal information submitted in public forums on Disney or Hulu sites and applications, including message boards, chat rooms, blogs, and community pages, may be publicly posted and disclosed without limitation as to its use by Disney or by third parties.
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This provision establishes that personal information voluntarily submitted in public forum contexts on Hulu or Disney platforms is not subject to the same use limitations that apply to information collected in other contexts, and that third parties may use such information without restriction.
Interpretive note: The scope of 'without limitation' use by third parties may be constrained by applicable data protection law in specific jurisdictions regardless of what the policy states; the provision's enforceability in EU and California contexts is uncertain.
Under this clause, personal information posted in message boards, chat rooms, community pages, or other public forums on Disney or Hulu platforms may be publicly accessible and may be used by Disney or by third parties without limitation; users who wish to have this information removed may contact Guest Services to request its removal from public forums.
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Compare across platforms →"Information you provide in public forums on our sites and applications, such as your public posts; Our sites and applications may offer message boards, conversation pages, blogs, chat rooms, social community environments, profile pages, and other forums that do not have a restricted audience. If you provide personal information when you use any of these features, that personal information may be publicly posted and otherwise disclosed without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party.Excerpt from Hulu's Privacy Policy (Superseded URL) [RETIRED: redirects to the Walt Disney privacy center (CA-D-000575)]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 voluntarily submitted in public forum contexts on Hulu or Disney platforms is not subject to the same use limitations that apply to information collected in other contexts, and that third parties may use such information without restriction.
Under this clause, personal information posted in message boards, chat rooms, community pages, or other public forums on Disney or Hulu platforms may be publicly accessible and may be used by Disney or by third parties without limitation; users who wish to have this information removed may contact Guest Services to request its removal from public forums.
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