Dutch authorities slap Netflix with €4.75m fine over use of ...

THE HAGUE, Dec 18 -- Dutch authorities fined video streaming giant Netflix 4.75 million euros (US$4.98 million) Wednesday over its handling of subscribers' personal data, which it said was unclear or incomplete in several respects. Netflix said it had appealed against the fine, noting it had cooperated with the data protection authorities and already changed its policies. "Between 2018 and 2020, Netflix did not provide customers with enough information about what the company does with their personal data," said the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) in a statement. "And the information that Netflix did provide was unclear in some areas," the AP added. The authorities also noted that Netflix had since updated its privacy statement and improved its information to subscribers over the use of data. "A company like that, with a turnover of billions and millions of customers worldwide, ...