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You can't create an account without agreeing to this: "I authorize Movies Anywhere to share personal information regarding my Movies Anywhere account, together
by tpush 9y ago
You can't create an account without agreeing to this:
"I authorize Movies Anywhere to share personal information regarding my Movies Anywhere account, together with my video titles, descriptions, and other video activity information (collectively "Video Data") with:
Each Digital Retailer to which I connect my Movies Anywhere account and its service providers;
Participating Studios and their affiliates and service providers; and
Service Providers of Movies Anywhere."
Yeah, not gonna happen.
- xirdstl 9y agoYou can opt out of the Video Data sharing with the last two (Participating Studios and their affiliates and service providers; and Service Providers of Movies Anywhere) by accessing the "Video Data Sharing" section of your account. That said, it's probably best to steer clear if privacy is a concern.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoI'm fairly privacy-obsessed, but this doesn't sound like a massive issue to me. I don't consider my movie collection to be significant privacy-wise. My movie collection is actually poor at indicating my interests, it's also only a fragment of my actual movie watching activity, and for what it's worth, Movies Anywhere collects barely any personal information: It asks for your first name only and your email address. (This information is ALREADY going to be available to any retailer you have an account with.) I think it makes sense that retailers would want to sync your "video activity information" and that studios (who bear the cost of running MA, unlike UV, which retailers ate) would want to see usage activity and be able to correlate that with how well their films are marketable long-term.
- heroprotagonist 9y agoFirst name and email address is plenty to associate with an identity. They just need one other source for the email address that has your last name. Having a whole network of companies know what you watch, when, the rating (if they have ratings), etc, is fairly intrusive in my view, but we all have our own threshold. When you give up control of your data, act accordingly. Given the scope of the disclosure, it is probably best to assume that any data you give this service will eventually be stolen (perhaps made public), resold (if possible, if not, watch for retroactive assignment of rights), requested by law, etc.. Basically, there's a not-insignificant probability that at some point, anyone who is interested will be able to see your activity or some portion of it.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoI agree with all of those notions. But again: Every retailer I connect already knows my name and email address (I have an account with them), and I pretty much talk/post about what I watch online publicly to begin with.
- scarface74 9y agoHow else is Apple suppose to know that you bought a movie from Google Play? That’s the whole purpose of Movies Anywhere.
- dawnerd 9y agoForgot the best part where it mentions it will be used for marketing.