Remember that copy of Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the Damned you rented a year and a half ago on your old Netflix account?
You may not but it turns out that Netflix does, or at least did.
The company has agreed to change its data retention practices so rental histories of customers who haven’t subscribed to the service for at least a year will no longer be identifiable. Netflix notified customers of the policy shift in an email Monday.
The change is part of a proposed settlement to a privacy lawsuit filed against Netflix Inc. last year by Virginians Jeff Milans, Peter Comstock and four other plaintiffs.
The lawsuit was granted status as a class action to represent tens of millions of Netflix costumers and led to a mediated settlement announced in February.
Read More - http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1234261--netflix-changes-privacy-policy
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