Hulu is authorized to obtain your updated credit card details — including new card number, expiration date, and CVV — directly from your payment provider without asking you again, and to continue charging your updated card.
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The auto-update mechanism enables continuity of service billing operations by reducing payment failures due to expired or outdated payment information, while shifting the operational burden of payment method maintenance from the user to the automated system.
If you get a new credit card and hope that Hulu will stop charging you because your old card is expired, Hulu may obtain your new card number directly from your bank and continue charging you without any notification or additional consent from you.
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If a payment is not successfully processed, due to expiration, insufficient funds, or otherwise, you remain responsible for any uncollected amounts and authorize us to continue billing the Payment Method, as it may be updated.
You also authorize us to retry any failed authorizations. We may use data provided to us by our partners to determine when to schedule such retries.
your credit card or other payment information is collected and processed by our third-party payment processors...the payment information that you provide through the Services is transmitted directly to our payment processor.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: The payment auto-update practice engages the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA, 15 U.S.C.
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The auto-update mechanism enables continuity of service billing operations by reducing payment failures due to expired or outdated payment information, while shifting the operational burden of payment method maintenance from the user to the automated system.
If you get a new credit card and hope that Hulu will stop charging you because your old card is expired, Hulu may obtain your new card number directly from your bank and continue charging you without any notification or additional consent from you.
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