•If you affirmatively elect to use the Remote Scheduling feature of TiVo’s Home Media OptionTM package, TiVo will collect the Personally Identifiable Viewing Information associated with fulfillment of your individual request(s). Use of the Remote Scheduling feature, however, does not change your privacy preferences with respect to viewing choices made in the privacy of your household. NOTE: If your TiVo DVR is receiving the TiVo Basic service, you may not purchase the Home Media Option package for use on that TiVo DVR.
•TiVo intends to make available new services in the future. These services will be governed by the privacy policies of the respective service providers.
TiVo Privacy Policy
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. It provides important information on how your privacy is protected when using the TiVo service.
In order to provide you with a better, more satisfying television experience, TiVo Inc. (“TiVo”) collects and uses certain types of information, as described in this Privacy Policy. The User Information (defined below) you provide to the Pioneer DVD Recorder with TiVo (referred to in this Privacy Policy as your “TiVo DVR”) in your house and to us at TiVo enables your TiVo DVR to select programs you want it to record and, if you are TiVo Plus service user, to suggest programs you might enjoy.
T i V o P r i v a c y P o l i c y
•NOTE TO TIVO BASIC SERVICE CUSTOMERS: If your TiVo DVR is receiving the TiVo Basic service, you may not (i) be able to opt out of our collection of Anonymous Viewing Information and Diagnostic Information from that TiVo DVR, (ii) opt out of your receipt of communications we send you in the event you provide us with Contact Information (though you are not required to provide us with any Contact Information as to that TiVo DVR), or (iii) be able to change your privacy preferences to allow TiVo to collect Personally Identifiable Viewing Information from that TiVo DVR.
•NOTE TO CUSTOMERS WITH MORE THAN ONE TIVO DVR:
Generally, TiVo will cause all of all the TiVo DVRs on your account receiving the TiVo Plus service to have the same “opt” status. See Sec. 2.9 of the Privacy Policy for further details.
By using your TiVo DVR and the TiVo service, you consent to the provisions of this Privacy Policy including the privacy preferences set forth in Section 4.1. This Privacy Policy explains our commitments to your privacy in the following areas:
1Our User Information Definitions. In discussing the kind of information TiVo collects, it is important to distinguish between anonymous information and other information that specifically
identifies you or your household. Too often, people refer to “personal information” or “personally identifiable information” without really 10 making clear what they mean. TiVo has developed the following
definitions to help clarify this important issue. We use “User Information” as a general term that refers to any information relating
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