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PRIVACY OF STREAMING APPS AND DEVICES: WATCHING TV THAT WATCHES US

Apple TV TV Streaming Fire TV Stick+ Shield TV

Rating 79% Pass 81% Warning 57% Warning 51% Warning 43% Warning Bottom The Apple TV is the easiest way The Google TV integrates everything Amazon's Fire streaming devices The Roku Streaming Stick+ allows By design, the Shield TV works with to experience Apple TV+, and Apple's with your Google Account and brings give members a large selection of users to easily integrate all the Android TV and integrates Google Line policy for this product says they do not all your streaming services together "included with Prime" streaming TV and paid third‐party subscription Account, Google Assistant, and streaming collect data for any other purpose. in one place. shows, Amazon originals, and movies. services they use. game services like Geforce . Pros Apple says they don't sell users' data Google TV received the highest overall Users can create separate profiles for The Roku Streaming Stick is intended Nvidia Shield TV is an Android to third parties, don't display targeted numerical , even with an orange personalized content recommendations for users of all ages and easy to set up. TV‐based streaming device that can advertisements, and don't track users "warning" rating, because Google TV and parents can create a separate "Kids" stream both media and gaming content on other apps and services across the had a more transparent policy despite profile for children to watch curated with Nvidia Geforce Now and Android internet. engaging in some worse privacy practices. kid‐friendly content. gaming through the Store. Cons Apple did not receive the highest Google says they don't sell users' data Amazon's policy says that they target Roku says they sell users' data to third Shield TV has the same privacy numerical score because they don't to third parties, but they do target users with advertisements, however, the parties, target users with advertise- practices as Google's Android TV that provide any information about how users with advertisements and track does not display interest‐based ments, and track users on other apps target users with advertisements and they protect student data privacy if users on other apps and services ads to children when they are using a and services across the internet. track users on other apps and services the product is used in K–12 schools across the internet. registered Amazon child profile. across the internet. and districts. Privacy protecting default Streaming devices and technical specifications Devices integrates third-party apps controls are enabled

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Apple TV + YouTube TV Disney+ Paramount+ HBO Max

Rating 79% Pass 81% Warning 68% Warning 65% Warning 63% Warning Bottom Apple TV+ is the only streaming YouTube TV is the best livestreaming Disney+ has the latest releases, original Paramount+ provides streaming access HBO Max is the streaming option for all of service with privacy built‐in by design. service with over 85 top channels of series, movies, classic films, and TV to TV series, stand‐up shows, movies, HBO, including original series, movies, Line and cloud DVR storage. shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, reality, and kids shows from Nickelode- specials, and more such as Sesame Wars, and National Geographic. on, , BET, MTV, and Workshop, DC Comics, , and . the . Pros Apple says they don't sell users' data YouTube TV received the highest overall Disney has some of the best practices in Paramount+ says they protect student Parents can create a separate "Kids to third parties, don't display targeted numerical score, even with an orange the categories of Parental Consent and data privacy if the product is used by profile" for children to watch curated advertisements, and don't track users "warning" rating, because Google TV had Data Safety that includes safe students in K–12 schools and kid‐friendly content without targeted on other apps and services across the a more transparent policy despite interactions and privacy controls. districts. advertisements. internet. engaging in some worse privacy practices. Cons Apple does not provide any - YouTube TV says they don't sell users' Disney's policy says it sells users' data, The Paramount+ policy says it sells The HBO policy says it sells users' data, tion about how they protect student data to third parties, but they do targets users with advertisements, and users' data, targets users with targets users with personalized data privacy if the product is used by target users with advertisements and tracks users on other apps and services advertisements, and tracks users on advertisements, and tracks users on students in K–12 schools and districts. track users on other apps and services across the internet. other apps and services across the other apps and services across the across the internet. internet. internet. Amazon Peacock Prime Discovery+ Netflix

Rating 59% Warning 57% Warning 54% Warning 53% Warning 46% Warning Bottom Peacock provides free access to Video gives members a Discovery+ provides streaming Hulu provides streaming access to Netflix provides streaming access to streaming movies and TV shows from large selection of "included with Prime" access to popular TV and thousands of shows and movies, and award‐winning original series, movies, Line The Office, Parks & Rec, Yellowstone, streaming TV shows, Amazon originals, personalities including HGTV, Food live TV with over 65 channels with documentaries, and stand‐up specials. and NBCUniversal shows from Bravo, and movies without the need to Network, TLC, ID, Animal Planet, and premium networks like HBO, SYFY, USA, E!, and Oxygen. subscribe to other third‐party services. Discovery Channel. Showtime, , and . Pros Peacock says the service is intended Users can create separate profiles for Discovery+ says in its privacy policy Users can create separate profiles for Users can create separate profiles for for users of all ages, but individuals personalized content recommendations that it is only directed to adults and not personalized content recommendations personalized content recommenda- under the age of 13 may use the and parents can create a separate "Kids" intended for children under the age of and parents can create a separate tions and parents can create a separate service with the consent of a parent profile for children to watch curated 13. "Kids" profile for children to watch "Kids" profile for children to watch or legal guardian. kid‐friendly content. curated kid‐friendly content. curated kid‐friendly content. Cons Peacock's policy says it sells users' Amazon's policy says it does not sell The Discovery+ policy says it sells users' Hulu's policy says it sells users' data, Netflix's policy says it does not sell data, targets users with advertise- users' data, but Amazon does say it data, targets users with advertisements, targets users with advertisements, users' data, but Netflix does say it ments, and tracks users on other apps targets users with advertisements, and tracks users on other apps and and tracks users on other apps and targets users with advertisements, and and services across the internet. and tracks users on other apps and services across the internet. services across the internet. tracks users on other apps and services across the internet. services across the internet.

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