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==Changes to the privacy statement==
==Changes to the privacy statement==
Very interestingly, the only 2 sentences that were emboldened in the May 2022 Sonos privacy statement<ref name=":0">4.[https://www.sonos.com/pdfs/policies/2022-privacy-statement-en-us.pdf Sonos, Inc. Privacy Statement 2022] ''(PDF). Sonos. May 2022.''</ref> that were NOT emboldened in the March 2023 Sonos privacy statement are the following: "We do not and will not sell your personal data to third parties." on page 1 of the statement; and "Sonos does not and will not sell personal information about our customers." on page 11 of the 2022 privacy statement and page 12 of the 2023 privacy statement<ref name=":1" />. This change in text formatting is not present in any of the 100 other emboldened sentences and titles.   
Very interestingly, the only 2 sentences that were emboldened in the May 2022 Sonos privacy statement<ref name=":0">4.[https://www.sonos.com/pdfs/policies/2022-privacy-statement-en-us.pdf Sonos, Inc. Privacy Statement 2022] ''(PDF). Sonos. May 2022.''</ref> that were NOT emboldened in the March 2023 Sonos privacy statement are the following: "We do not and will not sell your personal data to third parties." on page 1 of the statement; and "Sonos does not and will not sell personal information about our customers." on page 11 of the 2022 privacy statement and page 12 of the 2023 privacy statement.<ref name=":1" /> This change in text formatting is not present in any of the 100 other emboldened sentences and titles.   


This holds significance given the following event:   
This holds significance given the following event:   


On March 2023 Sonos' privacy statement stated, on page 12 of 35 under the "How We May Share Personal Information" section: "We do not and will not sell your personal data to third parties"<ref name=":1">
On March 2023 Sonos' privacy statement stated, on page 12 of 35 under the "How We May Share Personal Information" section: "We do not and will not sell your personal data to third parties".<ref name=":1">
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}}</ref> . That privacy policy was updated on June 2024 and said sentence was removed from the section as well as from Privacy Statement as a whole.<ref>
}}</ref> That privacy policy was updated on June 2024 and said sentence was removed from the section as well as from Privacy Statement as a whole.<ref>
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