“To help maintain the safety and security of our service and users, we and our Service Providers may monitor and record message content (such as text or voice chat functionality) to identify harmful behavior.”
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Users have no expectation of privacy in message content sent through Netflix's chat features, as Netflix and third-party Service Providers may record and review it.
The updated privacy statement now explicitly discloses that Netflix collects voice inputs (including transcripts and recordings) when using voice-related features, and clarifies that it collects inferences about user and household ad preferences based on data it gathers. The policy also states that Netflix collects information on advertiser websites and apps, and that it receives demographic and interest data from advertising companies based on their own and other websites and apps. These disclosures expand transparency about data collection practices that may have been previously implied but are now stated explicitly. You can review Netflix's full privacy statement and adjust your account settings to control advertising preferences through your account settings.
View change record →Readers should be aware that their text or voice chat content on Netflix may be monitored and recorded by Netflix and its Service Providers.
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We use and combine the information you provide us and information about you that we collect automatically and receive from other sources... and combine it with information about the behavior of other users to make sure that your use of the Service is customized to your needs.
We may use your personal information to: provide the Service; enable security features of the Service; establish and maintain your user profile on the Service; facilitate social features of the Service...
We may also aggregate and/or de-identify your Data and may use such aggregate or de-identified information for any other purposes to the extent permitted under applicable law and not attempt to re-identify the information, unless required by law.
"To help maintain the safety and security of our service and users, we and our Service Providers may monitor and record message content (such as text or voice chat functionality) to identify harmful behavior.Excerpt from Netflix's Privacy Statement
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Users have no expectation of privacy in message content sent through Netflix's chat features, as Netflix and third-party Service Providers may record and review it.
Readers should be aware that their text or voice chat content on Netflix may be monitored and recorded by Netflix and its Service Providers.
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