Netflix Fined by Dutch Watchdog Over Personal Data Violations

The Dutch Data Protection Agency said Netflix has updated its privacy statement and improved its information provision.

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Netflix Inc. was fined €4.75 million ($5 million) by the Dutch privacy watchdog over customer data violations.

The investigation “shows that Netflix did not inform customers clearly enough in its privacy statement about” what it did with their data between 2018 and 2020, the Dutch Data Protection Agency said in a statement on Wednesday.