Netflix requires account holders to be 18 or older, but allows minors to use the service under parental supervision through Kids profiles.
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This provision creates an age-based access control and establishes parental consent as a operational requirement for minor users. It allocates responsibility for account oversight and service use authorization to account holders and guardians rather than Netflix.
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 explicitly discloses that Netflix collects voice inputs, including transcripts and recordings, when you use voice-related features on the service. The policy also expands the types of advertising-related data collected to include inferences about ad preferences at the household level and information gathered from advertiser websites and apps. These additions represent more detailed disclosure of existing or expanded data collection practices rather than entirely new service functionality. You can manage advertising preferences through Netflix's advertising choices settings, though the updated policy does not specify opt-out mechanisms for voice data collection or advertiser-website data gathering.
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 →Children's viewing data, profile information, and gaming activity on Netflix are collected and processed under the parent's account, but Netflix's data practices including behavioral profiling apply to these profiles, raising questions about how children's data is protected.
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"Minors: You must be 18 years of age or older to subscribe to the Netflix service. In certain jurisdictions, the age of majority may be older than 18, in which case you must satisfy that age requirement. While individuals under the age of 18 may use the Netflix service, they may do so only with the involvement, supervision, and approval of a parent or guardian.— Excerpt from Netflix's Netflix Privacy Statement
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates COPPA (15 U.S.C. §6501 et seq.) enforced by the FTC, which requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13; GDPR Article 8 and Recital 38 (child data protection, requiring member state consent ages of 13-16); UK GDPR and the ICO's Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code); CCPA/CPRA §1798.120 protections for consumers under 16 requiring opt-in consent for sale/sharing of personal information.
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This provision creates an age-based access control and establishes parental consent as a operational requirement for minor users. It allocates responsibility for account oversight and service use authorization to account holders and guardians rather than Netflix.
Children's viewing data, profile information, and gaming activity on Netflix are collected and processed under the parent's account, but Netflix's data practices including behavioral profiling apply to these profiles, raising questions about how children's data is protected.
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