Sonos forces post-purchase privacy policy change: Difference between revisions
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==Changes to the privacy statement== | ==Changes to the privacy statement== | ||
Very | 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 (not approximately, exactly) 100 other emboldened sentences/titles. | ||
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It is worth noting | It is worth noting that the "Why?" section on the reasons Sonos collects user data has substantially changed between revisions and, in the 2024 version, it includes a balancing test <sup>[What?]</sup> and allows Sonos to "... enable you to select the right music service options based on your geographic location.". | ||
This new wording also does not explicitly prevent Sonos from sharing/selling user data to third parties. | This new wording also does not explicitly prevent Sonos from sharing/selling user data to third parties. | ||
[[File:Sonos FAQ.png|thumb|[https://www.sonos.com/en-us/legal/privacy-2018#changes A question present in the FAQ section attached to the April 2018 Sonos, Inc. Privacy Statement. The same section was no longer attached to future iterations of the Privacy Statement.]]] | [[File:Sonos FAQ.png|thumb|[https://www.sonos.com/en-us/legal/privacy-2018#changes A question present in the FAQ section attached to the April 2018 Sonos, Inc. Privacy Statement. The same section was no longer attached to future iterations of the Privacy Statement.]]] |