Paramount+
The terms include several user-friendly protections and avoid obvious arbitration/class-action waivers, but the privacy policy permits broad tracking, profiling, ad targeting, and sharing with advertisers and social media companies. Overall, legal terms are fairer than the data practices.
Paramount+ offers a relatively consumer-protective subscription framework in its terms, including local consumer-law protections, court access where you live, price-change notice, and cancellation rights for major harmful changes. Its privacy posture is more data-intensive: it collects broad behavioral and partner-sourced data, uses tracking for personalized ads, and shares data with advertisers, social platforms, and partners, though it also provides access, deletion, portability, and opt-out tools.
Points of interest
The privacy policy allows collection of account, billing, device, location, viewing, feedback, and partner-sourced data, plus inferred traits like interests and buying habits. This supports a detailed profile of your activity and preferences.
"We collect and receive device IDs and other unique identifiers and online activity data... We derive additional information... likely purchasing habits"
Paramount and its partners track activity on Paramount and third-party services to build profiles and deliver targeted ads. This can mean cross-site and cross-device behavioral advertising based on your viewing and browsing behavior.
"track your activity across the Paramount Services, as well as Third-Party Services, so that we can build a profile about you"
The terms say disputes can be brought in the courts where you live and preserve local consumer-law protections. That is more user-friendly than mandatory arbitration or class-action waiver terms.
"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 price increases take effect, and you can cancel before the next billing period if you do not accept the new price. That gives users time to avoid higher charges.
"We will notify you at least thirty (30) days in advance... If you do not wish to continue... you may cancel before the start of the next billing period"
If a major service change negatively affects access or use, you can cancel within 30 days without charge and get refunded for the unused portion. This is a meaningful protection against harmful unilateral service changes.
"If you cancel in these circumstances, we will refund any amounts you have paid for your subscription but not yet received"
Users can request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, consent withdrawal, and portability through the Privacy Rights Center. These are strong transparency and control rights, subject to local law limits.
"The right to request the erasure or deletion... The right to request that we transfer (port) your personal information"
Plans renew automatically unless you cancel before renewal, and free trials/promotions convert into paid billing unless canceled first. Users need to watch renewal dates to avoid unexpected charges.
"Some subscriptions renew automatically, unless you cancel your subscription before the next renewal date"
Cancellation usually only stops future renewals at the end of the current billing period, and paid fees are generally nonrefundable. In practice, canceling mid-cycle usually does not get money back.
"the cancellation will take effect... at the end of your current billing period... You will not be refunded for fees you have paid"
The policy does not set firm deletion timelines and says data is kept as long as reasonably necessary, with extra retention for legal compliance, fraud prevention, and rights requests. That can mean data is retained well after your subscription ends.
"We will retain your personal information for the time period reasonably necessary... retain certain records... for an additional period of time"
Paramount reserves the right to modify the terms for many reasons, including other reasonable reasons, and continued use can count as acceptance. While some notice is promised for major negative impacts, this still gives the company broad amendment power.
"We reserve the right to amend these Terms of Use at any time... we may make changes or additions... for reasons other than those set out above"
Paramount may transfer personal data internationally, including to the United States, and says it uses contractual safeguards where required. This is common, but it means your data may be processed under different legal regimes.
"may transfer your personal information to a country (including the United States)... rely on safeguards, where applicable"
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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 registration, billing, content, feedback, event, device, location, and purchase data, plus information from partners, social media, advertisers, and public sources.
- •It also infers preferences, interests, approximate location, and likely buying habits from the information it collects.
- •Paramount uses personal information to provide services, manage accounts, personalize content, analyze usage, improve services, run marketing, and protect safety and security.
- •It may use automated tools for content or ad selection, but says they do not make decisions with legal or similarly significant effects.
- •Paramount shares information within its companies and with service providers, business partners, advertisers, social media companies, and legal or government authorities when needed.
- •It may also share information in corporate transactions, such as mergers, sales, restructuring, or other asset transfers.
- •You may request access, correction, deletion, portability, restriction, or withdrawal of consent, and you can object to certain processing where local law allows.
- •You can opt out of marketing messages, manage cookies and ad settings, and in some U.S. states opt out of sale, sharing, or targeted advertising.
- •Paramount may transfer your data internationally, including to the United States, and says it uses contractual safeguards where required.
- •It keeps personal information as long as needed for the stated purposes, legal obligations, fraud prevention, and recordkeeping, and uses reasonable security measures.
