Paramount+
The terms are fairly balanced for users, with court access where you live, notice before price increases, and refunds for major harmful changes. But the privacy posture is data-heavy and ad-tech intensive, with cross-service tracking and broad sharing with advertisers and social platforms.
Paramount+ uses a relatively consumer-protective terms framework for disputes and service changes, with local consumer-law rights preserved and cancellation/refund rights for major harmful changes. Privacy-wise, it collects broad categories of data and supports cross-device tracking, personalized ads, and sharing with advertisers, social platforms, and partners, though it offers a Privacy Rights Center and region-specific opt-outs, including deletion and portability rights where available.
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The privacy policy allows cookies, pixels, SDKs, and similar tools to track activity across Paramount and third-party services to build profiles and personalize ads across devices. This is a broad ad-tech tracking posture.
"we may collect information about you on the Paramount Services and on Third-Party Services to help serve advertising relevant to your interests across your devices"
Paramount shares identifiers, online activity, preferences, and audience segments with advertisers, ad-tech partners, and social media companies. In some US states, it explicitly recognizes rights to opt out of 'sale' or 'sharing'.
"We share your information with our advertisers... The types of personal information... includes online identifiers and information about what you like to do online"
The terms say disputes can generally be brought in the courts where you live, which is more user-friendly than mandatory arbitration or class-action waivers. Local consumer-law protections are also expressly preserved.
"Your local consumer law protections still apply, disputes can be brought in the courts where you live"
Paramount must give at least 30 days' notice before subscription price increases, and the new price does not apply mid-billing-cycle. You can cancel before the next billing period if you do not accept the change.
"Nous vous informerons au moins trente (30) jours à l'avance... Les modifications de prix n'entreront pas en vigueur pendant la période de facturation en cours"
If Paramount makes a major change that negatively affects access or use more than minimally, you get 30 days to cancel without fees and receive a refund for the unused portion. This is a meaningful protection against harmful unilateral changes.
"En cas de Modification Majeure, vous avez le droit de résilier le contrat sans frais... nous vous rembourserons tous les montants... non encore reçus"
Users in applicable regions can request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, and withdrawal of consent through a dedicated Privacy Rights Center. The policy also mentions appeal and complaint options in some jurisdictions.
"please visit our Privacy Rights Center... The right to request the erasure or deletion... transfer (port) your personal information"
Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel in time, and free trials or full-discount promotions convert into paid billing automatically. This creates a real risk of surprise charges if you forget to cancel.
"Certains Abonnements se renouvellent automatiquement, à moins que vous ne résiliez... Vous serez facturé automatiquement à la fin de votre période d'essai gratuit"
Paramount reserves the right to modify the terms for many reasons and even for other reasonable reasons not specifically listed. In some cases, continued use after the notice period is treated as acceptance.
"Nous nous réservons le droit de modifier les présentes Conditions d'utilisation à tout moment... pour des raisons autres... à condition que... raisonnables"
The company collects a wide range of information, including account data, payment details, device identifiers, approximate location, usage data, messages, partner data, and even CCTV in some contexts. This goes beyond strictly necessary subscription data.
"We collect and receive device IDs and other unique identifiers... IP address... advertising ID... We also record your presence... including CCTV"
Paramount offers ways to opt out of promotional messages and, in some regions, targeted advertising or sale/sharing through consent tools, browser/device settings, and privacy requests. The controls are fragmented, but meaningful options are provided.
"you can manage your preferences via our consent management solution... right to opt out of 'sale', 'sharing for cross-contextual behavioral advertising'"
If you cancel, access usually continues only until the end of the current billing period and paid fees are generally not refunded. That limits flexibility if you stop using the service mid-cycle.
"la résiliation prendra effet... à la fin de votre période de facturation actuelle ... vous ne serez pas remboursé des frais que vous avez payés"
The policy does not give firm retention periods and instead keeps data as long as reasonably necessary for stated purposes, legal compliance, fraud prevention, and privacy-request handling. That flexibility can mean long retention in practice.
"We will retain your personal information for the time period reasonably necessary... Once our relationship ends, we retain certain records... for an additional period of time"
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Terms of Service
source ↗- •You must be at least 18 or the local age of majority to create an account, and minors may only use the service through a parent or guardian's account.
- •You must provide accurate account and payment information, keep it updated, and use the service mainly in your subscription territory, with limited travel access.
- •Subscriptions may auto-renew unless canceled before renewal, and free trials or promotions convert to paid billing automatically unless canceled first.
- •You can cancel through your account or billing provider, usually effective at the end of the current billing period, and paid fees are generally nonrefundable.
- •If you live outside Switzerland, you generally have a 14-day withdrawal right, but it can be lost once you request immediate access and start using the subscription.
- •Paramount may change prices with at least 30 days' notice, and you can cancel before the next billing period if you do not accept the new price.
- •Content, features, device support, and availability can change over time, and major harmful changes give you 30 days to cancel and receive a prorated refund.
- •You may only use the service for personal, noncommercial viewing, and you must not share access outside your main household or bypass ads, location controls, or copy protections.
- •Paramount can suspend or terminate access for nonpayment, fraud, illegal use, or serious rule violations, and it may end parts of the service with notice and refunds for unused prepaid periods.
- •Your local consumer law protections still apply, disputes can be brought in the courts where you live, and third-party subscriptions may be governed by separate terms.
Privacy Policy
source ↗- •Paramount collects information you provide, payment details, content and messages, device identifiers, usage data, location-related data, CCTV footage, and information from partners and social media.
- •It uses this information to run accounts and subscriptions, process payments, provide support, improve services, analyze audiences, prevent fraud, comply with law, and market services.
- •Paramount and its partners use cookies, SDKs, pixels, and similar tools for essential functions, analytics, personalization, and interest-based advertising across devices and third-party services.
- •It shares information within Paramount companies and with service providers, business partners, advertisers, social media platforms, legal authorities, advisors, and transaction partners.
- •Depending on where you live, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or withdrawal of consent through Paramount’s Privacy Rights Center.
- •You can opt out of promotional messages and, in some regions, targeted advertising, sale, or sharing using privacy settings, consent tools, browser controls, or device settings.
- •International transfers may send your information, including to the United States, using safeguards such as standard contractual clauses where required.
- •The services are generally not intended for children, and child-directed services collect limited data mainly for internal operations and contextual advertising.
- •Paramount keeps personal information as long as reasonably necessary for the stated purposes, legal compliance, fraud prevention, and handling privacy requests.
- •Paramount may update this policy and will notify you of material changes when required by law, sometimes by email or notices on its services.
