Hulu will now monitor password sharing on its users accounts.
Thought your shared Hulu account was safe? Think again. The streamer has become the latest to police password sharing, joining competitors like Netflix and Disney+.
The streamer sent out a message to subscribers this morning in which it outlined updates to its Subscriber Agreement, per Deadline. The particular changes included “limitations on sharing your account outside of your household, and explaining how [they] may assess your compliance with these limitations.”
In other words, if you’re using a Hulu account from an ex or parents you don’t live with anymore, your days of streaming The Bear may be limited.
The updated agreement states that users may not lend their account to people outside of their “household” — defined as “the collection of devices associated with your primary personal residence that are used by the individuals who reside therein” — “unless otherwise permitted by your Service Tier.”
If Hulu finds that a user has violated its new terms, they “may limit or terminate access” to a user’s account, per the terms outlined in the message that went out to subscribers earlier today.
