Effective Date December 2016
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In addition, Showtime Networks Services may request your permission to a) access and collect information available from your social networking account; and b) post information to your friends on your behalf. When you connect your social networking service with your Showtime Networks Services account, you authorize Showtime Networks Services to access certain information about you from your social networking service to provide content and services, including to help us tailor our communications to you and to develop rich online content and services across the Showtime Networks Services. The information Showtime Networks may access from your social networking services is governed by the privacy policies and settings of those third party services.
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In addition, third party market research services, such as Nielsen, may access information about you through your social networking services. You can prevent Nielsen from receiving any data from Facebook that includes information identifying you by opting out of Nielsen measurement. Please click here to read about Facebook's participation in Nielsen's measurement services, and here to learn how to opt out of Nielsen measurement services on web browsers.
Showtime Networks has partnered with certain third party companies that offer TV and audio control services to enhance your video content viewing experience. For example, you can use third party apps and audio control services, such as the Apple TV App or Siri, to search, recommend or access video content on Showtime Network Services. These apps and audio control services may be able to collect and store information about you, including about your video viewing activities on Showtime Network Services. By using your Showtime Network Services account with a third party TV app or audio control service, you consent to share information about you, including the video content that you have watched on Showtime Network Services. You can limit how third party TV app or audio control services collect and store information about your video content viewing by visiting the third party app's privacy settings. For example, the Apple TV App allows you to discontinue the collection and storage of your video content viewing information by visiting the Apple TV App Settings page choosing the "Remove and Clear Play History" option. Click here to learn more about Apple TV and audio control services privacy policy.