Yes, it's netflix's fault unless they clearly obtain permission from people to share information that their customers could naturally assume was private.
As stated elsewhere Netflix should just have a clear opt-in for sharing the data and we can continue on.
Maybe its somewhere in Netflix's terms of service that data on users movie preferences will be collected, however this information will be kept anonymous (as best as can be done by netflix).
It is. They mention in their privacy policy that they may disclose anonymized histories, so they might have a decent legal leg to stand on.
I don't think this helps them much in court of public opinion, and it helps even less in not pissing off a segment of their customers. Making it opt-in seems like an easy compromise. The only downside I see is if they get a really low response rate.
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Yes, it's netflix's fault unless they clearly obtain permission from people to share information that their customers could naturally assume was private.
As stated elsewhere Netflix should just have a clear opt-in for sharing the data and we can continue on.
Maybe its somewhere in Netflix's terms of service that data on users movie preferences will be collected, however this information will be kept anonymous (as best as can be done by netflix).
It is. They mention in their privacy policy that they may disclose anonymized histories, so they might have a decent legal leg to stand on.
I don't think this helps them much in court of public opinion, and it helps even less in not pissing off a segment of their customers. Making it opt-in seems like an easy compromise. The only downside I see is if they get a really low response rate.
they could incentivize it with reduced monthly rates.