Since the beginning of the pandemic, streaming services saw an increased demand due to people being stuck in their homes. We all use these services or devices to stream films, videos or series, but have you ever wondered what data do they collect and process about you? You may be surprised.

Apple has recently introduced and implemented a new update on their App Store, where app developers have to include and make publicly available all the information that they store and process about individuals. This makes it easier for you to see what data these companies collect about you, giving you the opportunity to decide if this data exposure is worth it.

Today we are going to discuss about the most popular streaming services or devices used for video streaming. From these we include the following:

 

1) Google Home

Information they collect about you:

– Purchases

– Location

– Contacts

– Search history

– Identifiers

– Diagnostics

– Financial information

– Contact information

– User content

– Browser history

– Usage data

 

2) Amazon Prime Video

Information they collect about you:

– Purchases

– Location

– User content

– Identifiers

– Diagnostics

– Financial information

– Contact information

– Search history

– Usage data

 

3) Amazon Fire TV

Information they collect about you:

– User content

– Usage data

– Identifiers

– Diagnostics

 

4) Netflix

Information they collect about you:

– Location

– User content

– Identifiers

– Diagnostics

– Contact information

– Search history

– Usage data

 

5) Disney+

Information they collect about you:

– Purchases

– Contact information

– Search history

– Usage data

– Location

– User content

– Identifiers

 

6) YouTube

Information they collect about you:

– Purchases

– Location

– Contacts

– Search history

– Identifiers

– Sensitive information

– Financial information

– Contact information

– User content

– Browser history

– Usage data

– Diagnostics

 

As you can see, there is a lot of information gathered and processed by these companies. We are sure you already knew about most of the data they collect about you, but most certainly you didn’t knew about everything.

The main purpose of this article is to increase awareness about the type of data these organisation collect about you. If you ever wish to see a copy of this data from any company listed above, or you wish to delete your account and all your personal information from their system altogether, you can simply click here, subscribe to our Premium+ Plan, and we will put you back in control of your data.

 

Just to be as transparent as possible with you, here is a list of personal data we collect about you when you successfully subscribe to our services:

– Name

– Email

– Identity confirmation (driving licence/passport, utility bill/bank statement)

 

To give you further assurance, we will never sell your personal data. All the information we collect about you is processed for the following reasons:

– Communicate and successfully provide our services to you

– Confirm your identity to avoid any data misuse (we need this to make sure we disclose the personal data to its owner)

 

If you wish to subscribe to our services, but still have some questions, you can check our FAQs here, or simply get in touch with us at contact@find-my-data.com.