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Re:After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fir... by i_am_jl on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @04:03PM (#38196958)
>Even if I had a dumb TV, and a secure trustworthy streaming box, the services themselves(Netflix et al) are collecting the same data, no?

Collecting, yes, but not selling. ONN explicitly says they do so in their privacy policy.

https://onntvsupport.com/privacy-policy

>We may disclose “blinded” aggregated data and user statistics to prospective partners and other third parties. Blinded data is data that does not identify an individual person.

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Re:After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fir... by silisili on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @04:24PM (#38197272)
It's a pretty blurry line between sharing and selling, and if it's not, these companies should really make their privacy policies more clear.

Netflix says - https://help.netflix.com/legal/privacy

We may share information collected from or about you with Advertisers and/or Ad Measurement Companies to select advertisements, and measure and improve advertising effectiveness. As a reminder, please see the Information from Other Sources section above if you have questions regarding the role of Advertisers or Ad Measurement Companies.

Hulu says - https://press.hulu.com/privacy-policy

We may share information collected from or about you with third parties as explained further below, including business partners, social networking services, service providers, advertisers, and other companies that are not affiliated with Hulu.

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