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The service does not guarantee the complete security of your information (risk_flags-1) and cannot promise consistent privacy practices if the business is transferred (risk_flags-2). Your personal data, including sensitive categories like race and gender, may be collected from third-party sources for marketing purposes (data_use-1) and combined across services to tailor communications (data_use-2). The service also shares personal information with advertising partners for personalized advertising and to create "lookalike audiences" (data_use-3), and information about your interactions may be shared with social media platforms (data_use-4). Your information is retained for business needs and legal obligations for an unspecified duration (data_use-5) and may be transferred globally (data_use-6). The service automatically collects usage, device, and location information (data_use-7). Additionally, the service does not respond to "Do Not Track" signals (gotchas-1), and you will continue to receive transactional messages even if you opt out of marketing emails (gotchas-2).
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Risk Flags
Critical issues and red flags that could indicate a product or service is high-risk. These include: weak data security, broad content ownership grants, or limitations on legal recourse.
Not clearly stated: The policy mentions that information may be disclosed to service providers and contractors for business purposes, and that these entities are restricted from using personal information for purposes unrelated to their engagement with Starz. However, the policy does not explicitly state what happens when these service providers are no longer engaged, nor the mechanisms by which these restrictions are enforced or audited.
high95% confidence
Data security is not guaranteed
Starz does not guarantee the complete security of your information, despite taking commercially reasonable steps.
Why it matters: Your personal information may be at risk even with precautions taken by the service, as complete security is not guaranteed.
Although no system can guarantee the complete security of your information, we take commercially reasonable steps, appropriate to the nature of information at issue, to protect your information with appropriate organizational, technical, and physical safeguards to protect against unauthorized access or disclosure. While we use these precautions, we cannot guarantee the security of the networks, systems, servers, devices, and databases we operate or that are operated on our behalf.
No guarantee of consistent privacy practices after business transfer
Starz cannot promise that an acquiring party or merged entity will maintain the same privacy practices described in the current Privacy Notice if there is a business transfer.
Why it matters: Your privacy protections may change without warning if Starz undergoes a merger, acquisition, or other business transfer.
We cannot promise that an acquiring party or the merged entity will have the same privacy practices or treat your information the same as described in this Privacy Notice.
Practices concerning the collection, processing, and sharing of user data. This includes: broad data collection, sharing with third-parties, and lack of clarity on data anonymization.
Not clearly stated: The policy details various categories of personal information collected and shared with service providers and contractors, stating these entities are restricted from using the information for purposes unrelated to their engagement. However, it does not specify the mechanisms for ensuring or auditing compliance with these restrictions by third parties.
medium85% confidence
Collection of personal information for marketing tailoring
Starz may collect information about your interests, contact information, demographic information (e.g., race, gender), and marketing inferences from third-party sources like social networks to tailor programming, marketing, and advertising.
Why it matters: Your personal and demographic information, including sensitive data such as race and gender, may be collected from third-party sources and used to customize marketing and advertising directed at you.
* Information about your interests, contact information, demographic information (e.g. race, gender), and marketing inferences, from third party sources that provide consumer data, social networks and other sources of publicly available data to better tailor our programming, marketing, and advertising to you.
Use of combined information across services for personalized communication
Starz may combine your information to tailor communications to you and to develop rich online content and services across their Services.
Why it matters: Your various pieces of information, potentially from different interactions with the service, can be combined to create a more detailed profile, which is then used to personalize communications and content, possibly in ways you did not explicitly agree to for each data point individually.
Please note that we may also combine your information to help us tailor our communications to you and to develop rich online content and services across our Services.
Sharing of personal information with advertising partners for personalized advertising and 'lookalike audiences'
Starz may share personal information with online advertising partners who use tracking technologies to deliver personalized advertising and may also use this information to create "lookalike audiences" of prospective consumers.
Why it matters: Your personal information may be used by advertising partners to show you targeted ads and to find other potential consumers who share similar characteristics to you, potentially expanding the reach of targeted advertising based on your data.
We may share personal information with online advertising partners who may use cookies or other tracking technologies to deliver personalized advertising to you when you visit the Services and to others who may be interested in the Services, including advertising based on the products or services you have viewed.
Sharing of information with social media platforms
Starz may share information about you and your interaction with them on social media platforms, allowing the platform and your connections to view this activity if you interact with social media objects on Starz's Services.
Why it matters: Your interactions with Starz services, such as viewing content or engaging with features, could be visible to your social media connections and the social media platform itself, potentially exposing your activity to a wider audience than intended.
We may share information about you and your interaction with us. If you interact with social media objects on our Services, both the platform and your connections on the platform may be able to view that activity.
Retention of information for business needs and legal obligations
Starz keeps your information for as long as necessary according to the purposes for which it was collected, their business needs, and their legal and regulatory obligations.
Why it matters: Your personal information may be retained for an extended period, even after you stop using the service, based on Starz's internal business needs and legal obligations, which are not explicitly defined in terms of duration or specific criteria.
We keep your information for as long as necessary in accordance with the purposes for which it was collected, our business needs, and our legal and regulatory obligations.
Starz operates globally and may transfer your personal information to company affiliates or third parties in various locations around the world for purposes described in the Privacy Notice.
Why it matters: Your personal information may be transferred and processed in different countries, potentially subject to varying data protection laws and standards outside of your home country.
We operate globally and may transfer your personal information with Company affiliates or third parties in locations around the world for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice. Wherever your personal information is transferred, stored or processed by us, we will take reasonable steps to safeguard the privacy of your personal information.
Data Transfers, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
low90% confidence
Automatic collection of usage details, device, and location information
Starz automatically collects usage details, device information (including IP address, device type, operating system), and location information (if provided access) when you interact with their Services.
Why it matters: The service automatically gathers a variety of technical and behavioral data about your interactions, device, and general location, which can contribute to a detailed profile of your usage habits.
* Usage details about your interaction with the Services, such as the date, time, and length of visits, and specific pages or content accessed during the visits, search terms, frequency of the visits, referring website addresses. * Device information, including the IP address and other details of a device that you use to connect to the Services, such as device type and unique device identifier, operating system, browser type, mobile network information, and the device's telephone number. * Location information where you choose to provide us with access to information about your device's location.
Cookies and Information Collected Through Automated Means, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation & Renewal
Terms related to subscription, cancellation policies, and automatic renewals. This includes: unclear cancellation processes, punitive early termination, or opaque renewal mechanisms.
Not clearly stated: The document primarily focuses on privacy practices and does not contain clauses regarding cancellation or renewal terms, including potential automatic renewals. Therefore, no findings can be made in this section based on the provided text.
Gotchas
Unexpected or less-than-obvious clauses consumers should be aware of. These include: one-sided modification clauses, broad indemnification, or class-action waivers.
Not clearly stated: The document does not explicitly contain clauses that mention one-sided modification clauses, broad indemnification, or class-action waivers.
medium85% confidence
No response to "Do Not Track" signals
Starz does not respond to "Do Not Track" signals because definitions and rules for them have not yet been established.
Why it matters: Your browser's "Do Not Track" setting will not prevent Starz from collecting your online activity data, potentially continuing tracking practices you wish to avoid.
Because definitions and rules for "Do Not Track" have not yet been established, including whether such signals must be user-enabled, we do not respond to "Do Not Track" signals.
Your Choices, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
low90% confidence
Receipt of transactional messages continues after opting out of marketing emails
Even if you opt out of marketing emails, you may still receive transactional messages from Starz, including those about your account and subscription.
Why it matters: You cannot completely stop email communications from Starz as essential service-related messages will continue, even if you unsubscribe from promotional content.
Please note that you may continue to receive transactional messages from us, including messages about your account and subscription.
Your Choices, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
Protections
Transparency and user-friendly clauses that benefit consumers. These include: strong data privacy, transparent practices, and user control.
Not clearly stated: The document states that users have options to manage cookie preferences and opt out of third-party cookies, and provides links to NAI and Digital Advertising Alliance tools. However, it does not explicitly guarantee that using these tools will fully prevent tracking or irrelevant ads from all parties. It also states that users can correct or update their information and change connected device settings, but does not provide details on data portability or comprehensive data access rights beyond correction.
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Non-collection of information from individuals under 13
Starz does not knowingly collect or use any information from individuals under the age of 13.
Why it helps: This commitment helps protect the privacy of young children by ensuring that the service does not intentionally gather personal information from those under 13, aligning with child online privacy regulations.
We do not knowingly collect or use any information from individuals under the age of 13.
Children, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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