Boston, MA 09/03/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) recently announced that it will be introducing a new privacy feature which will allow users to get control over what or what not they like to share on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) with their friends. Netflix is the world’s largest video streaming service based on subscription.
Netflix Users Allowed to Link Videos with Facebook Page
The new privacy feature being introduced by Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) can also be seen as a strategic move, wherein it is allowing the users to recommend videos or programs being watched on the channel to their friends (as decided by a user). This will be done by creating a bridge between Netflix and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), whereby a user will be able to connect his/her Netflix account with that of Facebook account.
According to this new privacy feature, the users will be able to view “most regular Facebook friends” on top of their list on Netflix window. Earlier, this list was not available to users and the subscribers who connected their Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) page with this site, would be sharing every video, program, movie or TV show to everyone in their Facebook friend list (to those who were also subscribers on Netflix).
Greater Flexibility to Netflix Subscribers
The modification made in Netflix’s privacy policy now enables the subscribers of this site to get access to more flexibility and freedom of sharing with the limited audience of their choice.
In this context, the Director of Production Innovation at Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), Cameron Johnson stated that with the introduction of this social recommendation characteristic on Netflix, a subscriber will be able to easily as well as privately make recommendations of their choicest shows to people they love.
Netflix’s Experiment Concerning Privacy Policy
It is important to note that Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), at present, is continuously taking up new experiments in order to boost up privacy of its users. Apart from this newly introduced privacy option, the company is also checking and testing yet another viewing option which will allow its subscribers to “hide” program or video from their list of recommendations or history.
