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Source-backed from Hulu Privacy Policy

45
reviewed findings
15
key findings
3
free to read here
4
verified controls

1 of them depends on where you live.

Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 3 findings
  • Tracking 8 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 3 findings
  • Sharing 17 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 12 findings
  • Other 2 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Sharing Hulu may share a scrambled form of your email address with third parties

What this means

The policy calls this limited personal information, such as certain identifiers or a hashed email address, shared when it provides advertising on third-party sites and applications.

Hulu may share limited personal information, such as certain identifiers or hashed email addresses, with third parties.

Why this matters

A hashed email cannot be read, but it still matches the same person across every company that holds it.

What the policy says

When we provide you with relevant advertising on third-party sites and applications, we may share limited personal information about you, such as certain identifiers or hashed email address, with third parties.

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What you can do

A privacy control may reduce part of this practice, where it is available to you.

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Controls & Permissions Parents can ask to see, change or delete data collected from their children

What this means

The policy lists this among the steps it takes when it intends to collect personal information from children.

Parents can request access to personal information collected from their children and request that it be changed or deleted.

Why this matters

For a child's data the rights belong to the parent rather than to the person the data describes.

What the policy says

Giving parents access or the ability to request access to personal information we have collected from their children and the ability to request that the personal information be changed or deleted.

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Location Hulu may collect location associated with your IP address

What this means

The same paragraph covers precise or approximate location from a device, and says the processing happens where law permits it.

Hulu may collect location information associated with your IP address or other online or device identifier.

Why this matters

A rough location comes with every internet connection, and needs no permission prompt.

What the policy says

Location information, including precise or approximate location information provided by a mobile or other device interacting with one of our sites, applications, or physical properties (including through beacon technologies), or associated with your IP address or other online or device identifier, where we are permitted by law to process this information;

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12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Sharing 3
  • Tracking 3
  • Controls & Permissions 2
  • Other 2
  • Advertising & Profiling 1
  • Location 1

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A free account opens all 15 key findings. 30 additional reviewed findings are available in the complete report.

  • Location 1 more
  • Tracking 5 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 2 more
  • Sharing 13 more
  • Controls & Permissions 9 more

  • Complete report

    30 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

  • Privacy Tune-Up

    4 verified privacy controls, 1 of them high-impact — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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