“you will not receive a separate notice that your free trial is about to end or has ended, or that your paid subscription has begun, unless expressly required by statute or regulation in particular jurisdictions or instances.”
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Without a separate pre-billing notice, a user may be charged for a paid subscription without advance warning at the moment of transition from a free trial.
A user transitioning from a free trial to a paid subscription will not receive a separate advance notice of that transition from Hulu unless a statute or regulation expressly requires one.
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Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when personal information about you might be shared with third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.
Our California Notice at Collection as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act applies to residents of California. If you are a resident of California, you should read this notice together with this Policy.
Where allowed and feasible, we may attempt to provide you with prior notice before disclosing your information in response to such a request.
"you will not receive a separate notice that your free trial is about to end or has ended, or that your paid subscription has begun, unless expressly required by statute or regulation in particular jurisdictions or instances.Excerpt from Hulu's Subscriber Agreement
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Without a separate pre-billing notice, a user may be charged for a paid subscription without advance warning at the moment of transition from a free trial.
A user transitioning from a free trial to a paid subscription will not receive a separate advance notice of that transition from Hulu unless a statute or regulation expressly requires one.
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