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This document sets the rules for your Hulu subscription: your subscription renews automatically, cancellation only takes effect at the end of your current billing term so you may still be charged after cancelling, and Hulu will not warn you when your free trial converts to a paid subscription. If you have a dispute with Hulu, you must resolve it through individual arbitration rather than in court or as part of a class action, and Hulu's total financial responsibility to you for any and all claims is capped at $1,000.
The Hulu Subscriber Agreement establishes the terms governing a user's subscription to Hulu's streaming services, including billing, cancellation, and content access. It caps Hulu's aggregate liability to any user at US $1,000, disclaims all warranties to the fullest extent permitted by law, and requires binding individual arbitration for substantially all disputes, with mutual class-action and private-attorney-general waivers. Subscriptions auto-renew unless affirmatively cancelled per Hulu's instructions, cancellations take effect at the end of the then-current term, and Hulu may amend the Agreement unilaterally with changes taking effect thirty days after notice or posting. Hulu also discloses that 'no ads' or 'ad-free' tiers remain subject to ads in certain streaming-rights-limited and live or linear content contexts, and that free-trial-to-paid-subscription transitions carry no separate advance notice obligation absent a statutory or regulatory requirement.
As an individual user, the agreement means Hulu can change its terms at any time with thirty days' notice and no requirement for your affirmative agreement. Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each term, and cancellation only stops future billing at term's end — not immediately. You will not receive a separate notice when a free trial ends and paid billing begins. Paying for an 'ad-free' tier does not guarantee a fully ad-free experience for all content. Hulu may share your details with system administrators at other sites and with law enforcement in connection with security incidents or violations of law. For disputes, you have one specific action available: to opt out of the binding arbitration requirement, you must mail Hulu a written notice no later than thirty calendar days after first becoming subject to the arbitration agreement; missing that window permanently binds you to individual arbitration with no class-action option.
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