Hulu and Disney share your browsing and viewing activity with outside advertising companies that use this data to show you targeted ads across the internet, not just on Disney or Hulu properties.
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This clause means your Hulu activity can follow you to unrelated websites in the form of targeted ads, and the advertising companies receiving your data operate under their own privacy policies, which may differ from Disney's.
Your viewing and browsing activity on Hulu may be shared with third-party advertising networks that track you across the broader internet, resulting in targeted advertising on non-Disney websites and apps based on your Hulu usage.
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"We work with third-party companies to serve ads on our behalf across the internet and to provide us with data analytics services. These companies may use information about your visits to our websites and other websites to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that may interest you. These third-party companies may use cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information in connection with ad delivery and reporting.— Excerpt from Hulu's Hulu Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the FTC Act's unfair or deceptive practices standards regarding cross-context behavioral advertising disclosure. Under the CCPA/CPRA, sharing personal information with advertising partners for cross-context behavioral advertising constitutes 'sharing' and triggers opt-out obligations for California residents. The use of pixel tags and web beacons also engages the EU's ePrivacy Directive for EU users, requiring consent for non-essential cookies and tracking technologies. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The practice of sharing user data with advertising technology vendors via cookies and pixel tags is widespread, but the CPRA's definition of 'sharing' means this practice must be covered by an accessible opt-out mechanism for California residents. The policy acknowledges this practice and provides opt-out mechanisms, reducing governance exposure, but ongoing monitoring is required to ensure all advertising technology integrations are reflected in disclosures. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: California residents have the right to opt out of sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising under the CPRA. EU and UK users require consent for non-essential tracking technologies under the ePrivacy Directive, which must be implemented through a compliant cookie consent mechanism. Global users should be aware that third-party advertising companies operate under their own privacy policies. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Advertising technology vendors and data analytics companies receiving data through pixel tags and web beacons should be classified as third parties rather than service providers if they use the data for their own commercial purposes, which has implications for CPRA opt-out obligations and the scope of data processing agreements. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should audit all active advertising technology integrations to confirm they are reflected in the policy's disclosures, verify that the cookie consent mechanism for EU/UK users complies with ePrivacy Directive requirements, and confirm that California opt-out signals are technically propagated to all advertising technology vendors receiving user data.
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This clause means your Hulu activity can follow you to unrelated websites in the form of targeted ads, and the advertising companies receiving your data operate under their own privacy policies, which may differ from Disney's.
Your viewing and browsing activity on Hulu may be shared with third-party advertising networks that track you across the broader internet, resulting in targeted advertising on non-Disney websites and apps based on your Hulu usage.
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