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The provision establishes Netflix's technical infrastructure for data collection across user interactions with the service and affiliated platforms. By cataloging these specific identifier types, the clause operationalizes Netflix's ability to track user activity, maintain session state, and link user behavior across devices and services for service functionality and analytics purposes.
The updated privacy statement now explicitly discloses that Netflix collects voice inputs including transcripts and recordings when users interact with voice-related features, and that it makes inferences about user and household preferences for ad targeting purposes. The statement adds a new section titled 'Supplemental Privacy Disclosures for US Residents' that references a separate US State Privacy Notice containing 'Notice at Collection' details, alongside new subsections covering personal information collection, uses, disclosure for business purposes, data sales or sharing, retention, use of de-identified information, appeals rights, and financial incentive notices. The change brings the privacy statement into alignment with state privacy laws like CCPA and similar frameworks. You can access the US State Privacy Notice by clicking the provided link, visiting netflix.com/privacy#states, or scrolling to the new US residents section.
View change record →The updated privacy statement reorganizes and consolidates disclosures rather than expanding data collection practices. However, the statement removes explicit reference to the US State Privacy Notice from the main body, requiring users to navigate to supplemental sections to access state-specific privacy rights and disclosures. The revised language also removes the prior statement that Netflix makes inferences about household ad preferences, and removes mention of voice inputs and transcripts from the usage information description, narrowing the scope of explicitly disclosed data collection practices. You can access US state privacy notices by navigating to the 'Supplemental Privacy Disclosures for Certain Services' section or visiting netflix.com/privacy#states.
View change record →Users' interactions with Netflix services will be tracked and recorded through these specified technologies and identifiers as the service operates. The terms authorize Netflix to maintain persistent identifiers that can associate user activity across multiple devices and sessions, enabling continuous data collection throughout service use.
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"cookie data, resettable device identifiers, advertising identifiers and other unique identifiers (described below in the section 'Cookies and other Technologies').— Excerpt from Netflix's Netflix Privacy Statement
Netflix updated its Privacy Statement on April 18, 2026, disclosing voice recording collection and expanded household ad profiling for the first time.
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The provision establishes Netflix's technical infrastructure for data collection across user interactions with the service and affiliated platforms. By cataloging these specific identifier types, the clause operationalizes Netflix's ability to track user activity, maintain session state, and link user behavior across devices and services for service functionality and analytics purposes.
Users' interactions with Netflix services will be tracked and recorded through these specified technologies and identifiers as the service operates. The terms authorize Netflix to maintain persistent identifiers that can associate user activity across multiple devices and sessions, enabling continuous data collection throughout service use.
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