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in addition to Account Information, in manners consistent with this Privacy Policy. Commerce Information is collected, used, and disclosed only upon your affirmative response to an offer. Feature- Generated Request Information is collected, used, and disclosed only upon your affirmative choice to use a particular feature. NOTE: Depending on your level of TiVo service and the model of your TiVo DVR, such features may not be available to you.

Even though Anonymous Viewing Information and Diagnostic Information do not include any Contact Information, if your TiVo DVR is receiving the TiVo Plus service, you may request that TiVo block the collection of Anonymous Viewing Information and Diagnostic Information from your TiVo DVR. If your TiVo DVR is receiving the TiVo Plus service, you may further opt not to receive communications that we send to you based on your Account Information; provided, however, that we will still send you communications TiVo deems important regarding your TiVo Plus service. If you make this choice, you understand that we will not be able to inform you about any upcoming features, improvements, or promotions regarding your TiVo Plus service. In all cases, however, we will collect and use your Account Information (including Service Information) to enable us to provide your TiVo DVR with the TiVo Basic service and the TiVo Plus service. If your TiVo DVR is receiving the TiVo Plus service, you may choose to change your privacy preferences to allow TiVo to collect Personally Identifiable Viewing Information from your TiVo DVR.

If you are a TiVo Plus customer and you would like to change your privacy preferences, you must either (a) send TiVo a signed written request at the address set forth in Section 8.3, or (b) call us at

1-877-367-8486 to request a change. NOTE: Please see Sections 2.7, 2.8, and 2.9 above for important provisions if you have a TiVo DVR eligible to receive the TiVo Basic service and if you have multiple TiVo DVRs.

4.2Review and Update of Account Information. We believe you have a right to know your Contact Information, billing information, and privacy preferences collected and stored by TiVo and to update or change such information you believe is incorrect. You may make a request by telephone, mail, or via the web (if and when available) to review such information and we will mail you a printout of such information. If you request that certain parts of such information be changed, we will make the changes to the extent commercially practicable. In addition, we will take commercially reasonable steps to propagate those changes to third parties with whom we may have shared such information pursuant to this Privacy Policy.

4.3How to Delete Information. Should you decide to discontinue your TiVo Plus service, you may make that request by telephone or mail and we will suspend billing for the TiVo Plus service. After you discontinue the TiVo service, TiVo will maintain your Account Information only as long as necessary for business purposes. In addition, although we delete your Account Information from our “live” database, your Account Information may remain in our archives and records until they are destroyed. NOTE: If your TiVo DVR is eligible to receive the TiVo Basic service then upon termination of the TiVo Plus service you may elect to continue receiving the TiVo Basic service. In such a case, TiVo may maintain your TiVo Plus service Account Information until such time as your TiVo Basic service is terminated. Consult your User’s Guide to determine if your TiVo DVR is eligible to receive the TiVo Basic service.

5Comment Regarding Children. TiVo feels strongly about protecting the privacy of children and encourages parents to be involved in the television viewing of their minor children by, for example, limiting the types of content minor children can watch.

6Separate Rules for the TiVo Web Site. We have a separate privacy policy that covers activities on our web site. However, if you register for TiVo service on the Web, or log in to your account

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